Festivals of Louisiana
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This is a list of festivals in Louisiana, grouped by theme. This is also a list of Louisiana's cultural events.

Festivals by type

Arts and crafts festivals

• Hot air balloon festival championship - Baton Rouge
• Red River Revel - Shreveport
• Shakespeare Festival - New Orleans
• Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival - New Orleans
• Wooden Boat Festival - Madison Ville - Baton Rouge

Film and media festivals

• Red Stick International Animation Festival - Baton Rouge

Food, harvest and wild game festivals

• La Fete Des Vieux Temps - Raceland ^[1]
• Alligator Festival - Luling
• Andouille Festival - LaPlace
• Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge
• Catfish Festival - Des Allemands
• The Cochon de Lait - Mansura
• Oyster Festival - Amite
• International Rice Festival - Crowley
• Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron
• Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston ^[2]
• Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula
• Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton
• Yambilee Festival - Opelousas
• Boudin Festival - Scott
• Sugar Cane Festival - New Iberia
• Frog Festival - Rayne
• Jambalaya Festival - Gonzales

Heritage and folk festivals

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  * Festivals Acadiens - Lafayette
• Italian Festival - Tickfaw
• Louisiana Renaissance Festival - Hammond
• Contraband Days - Lake Charles
• Adai Caddo Powwow - Robeline, Louisiana

Holiday festivals

• Courir de Mardi Gras - Acadiana
• Día de Muertos - New Orleans
• Festival of the Bonfires - Reserve, Garyville, Gramercy, and Lutcher Louisiana
• Fèt Gede New Orleans
• Holiday Trail of Lights - North Louisiana
• Natchitoches Christmas Festival - Natchitoches
• New Orleans Mardi Gras - New Orleans

Garden and botanical festivals

• Pollination Celebration - Tangipahoa Parish
• Herb and Garden Festival - Sunset ^[3]
• Louisiana Forest Festival - Winnfield ^[4]
• Daylily Festival - Abbeville

Music festivals

• Baton Rouge Blues Festival - Baton Rouge
• Bayou Country Superfest - New Orleans
• DeltaFest - Monroe
• Essence Music Festival - New Orleans
• Festival International - Lafayette
• French Quarter Festival - New Orleans
• Highland Jazz & Blues Festival - Shreveport, New Orleans
• New Orleans Burlesque Festival - New Orleans
• New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans
• Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival - Ponchatoula
• Voodoo Experience - New Orleans

Gallery

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  Jackson Square in the French Quarter Fest
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  Black Men of Labor Parade 2009
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  2002 parade attendees
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  Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras participant
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  Lafayette Mardi Gras King

See also

• List of festivals in the United States
• Acadian World Congress - occasionally held in Louisiana

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Festivals in Louisiana.

• ARNB.ORG, Cajun and Zydeco music event schedules for the world
• Louisiana festivals calendar at nola.com
• Clarence's Louisiana festivals guide at cajunradio.org
• New Orleans and Louisiana festivals
• Lafayette's Own Boudin Cook-Off