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10/08/2026
City Park Botanical Garden Magic in the Moonlight - (October 8, 2026)
10/08/2026
Lafayette, LA Festivals Acadiens et Créoles - (October 8-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
French Quarter Half Way to St. Patrick's Day March - (October 9, 2026 @ 12pm)
10/09/2026
Generations Hall Gleason Gras - (October 9, 2026)
10/09/2026
Lakeshore Drive National Fried Chicken Festival - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest New Orleans - (October 9-10, 2026)
10/09/2026
Lafayette Square Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
Pontchartrain Park Gentilly Fest - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
Mandeville, LA Festival of the Lake - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
Westwego, LA The Gumbo Festival - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/09/2026
Thibodaux, LA Louisiana Gumbo Festival of Chackbay - (October 9-11, 2026)
10/10/2026
New Orleans Museum of Art Japan Fest - (October 10, 2026)
10/10/2026
Smoothie King Center WWE Money in the Bank - (October 10, 2026) * date change *
10/10/2026
Lafreniere Park Que Pasa Fest - (October 10-11, 2026) * cancelled *
10/10/2026
Arabi, LA (Aycock Barn) Old Arabi Sugar Fest - (October 10, 2026)
10/10/2026
Houma, LA Bayou Arts Festival - (October 10, 2026)
10/11/2026
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings - (12:00pm)
10/11/2026
Mandeville Trailhead Northshore Beer Festival - (October 11, 2026)
10/15/2026
Various Crescent City Chamber Music Festival - (October 15-25, 2026)
10/15/2026
City Park Ghosts in the Oaks - (October 15-18, 2026)
10/16/2026
Audubon Zoo Boo at the Zoo - (October 16, 2026)
10/16/2026
Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest New Orleans - (October 16-17, 2026)
10/16/2026
Ashé Cultural Arts Center Ashé Rooftop Festival & Gala - (October 16-17, 2026)
10/16/2026
Audubon Aquarium Nola Funk Fest - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/16/2026
Morial Convention Center New Orleans Tattoo Arts Festival - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/16/2026
Bayou St. John Praise Fest on the Bayou - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/16/2026
St. Edward the Confessor St. Edward Cochon de Lait - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/16/2026
LaPlace, LA Andouille Festival - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/16/2028
Sorrento, LA Boucherie & Balloon Festival - (October 16-18, 2026)
10/17/2026
The Batture Batture Fest - (October 17, 2026)
10/17/2026
Audubon Zoo Boo at the Zoo - (October 17, 2026)
10/17/2026
Morial Convention Center World Oddities Expo - (October 17-18, 2026)
10/17/2026
New Orleans Jazz Museum Dominican NOLA Fest 2026 - (October 17, 2026)
10/17/2026
Chalmette, LA Louisiana Oyster Culture Festival - (October 17-18, 2026)
10/17/2026
Madisonville, LA Wooden Boat Festival - (October 17-18, 2026)
10/17/2026
Thibodaux, LA Acadia Music Fest - (October 17, 2026)
10/17/2026
Houma, LA Mac n' Cheese Festival - (October 17, 2026)
10/18/2026
The Broadside Louisiana Shrimp Festival - (October 18, 2026)
10/22/2026
Various New Orleans Film Festival - (October 22-27, 2026)
10/22/2026
Baton Rouge, LA Greater Baton Rouge State Fair - (October 22-November 1)
10/23/2026
East Jefferson Hospital Up on the Roof - (October 23, 2026)
10/23/2026
Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest New Orleans - (October 23-24, 2026)
10/23/2026
Larose, LA French Food Festival - (October 23-25, 2026)
10/23/2026
Houma, LA Rougarou Fest - (October 23-25, 2026)
10/24/2026
The Exchange New Orleans Pickleball Gold Cup - (October 24-25, 2026)
10/24/2026
St. Augustine Church Tremé Fall Festival - (October 24, 2026)
10/24/2026
Louisiana SPCA Louisiana SPCA Carnival - (October 24, 2026)
10/24/2026
French Market Boo Carre Halloween Haunt 2026 - (October 24, 2026)
10/24/2026
Warehouse District New Orleans Zombie Run - (October 24, 2026)
10/24/2026
Downtown New Orleans Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade - (October 24, 2026)
10/25/2026
Kenner (Laketown) Kenner Food Truck Festival - (October 25, 2026)
10/29/2026
Jazz and Blues Market Quantum Leap Music Festival - (Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026)
10/29/2026
Astor Crowne Plaza Brujeria Carnaval Latin Dance Festival - (Oct 29-Nov 2, 2026)
10/30/2026
Capital on Baronne The Anne Rice Vampire Ball - (October 30, 2026)
10/30/2026
Mardi Gras World Freaky Deaky New Orleans - (October 30-31, 2026)
10/30/2026
Hammond, LA Hammond Northshore Regional Airshow - (October 30-31, 2026)
10/31/2026
Freret Street Freret Street Festival - (October 31, 2026)
10/31/2026
Mandeville, LA Widewater Music and Arts Festival - (October 31, 2026)
10/31/2026
Slidell, LA (Heritage Park) NOLA Zydeco Festival - (October 31 & November 1, 2026)
11/01/2026
Lafayette Square Día De Los Muertos Festival - (November 1, 2026)
11/06/2026
Audubon Aquarium Scales & Ales - (November 6, 2026)
11/06/2026
Covington, LA OZONE Songwriter Festival - (November 6-8, 2026)
11/06/2026
Harahan, LA St. Rita Fall Fest - (November 6-8, 2026)
11/06/2026
Baton Rouge, LA Federales Fest - (November 6, 2026)
11/07/2026
City Park Festival Grounds Beignet Fest - (November 7, 2026)
11/07/2026
Washington Square Park Bayou Bacchanal - (November 7, 2026)
11/07/2026
Mandeville Lakefront Veteran's Day Parade & Jambalaya Cook - (November 7, 2026)
11/07/2027
Fort Pike Fort Pike Festival and Car Show - (November 7, 2026)
11/08/2026
Oak Street Oak Street Po-Boy Festival - (November 8, 2026, 10am-6pm)
11/08/2026
The Broadside Bennaroo Music Fest - (November 8, 2026)
11/08/2026
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Cleveland Browns - (12:00pm)
11/12/2026
Various Venues New Orleans Fringe Festival - (November 12-15, 2026)
11/13/2026
Downtown New Orleans LUNA Fête - (November 13-15, 2026)
11/13/2026
City Park Fit Fete New Orleans - (November 13-14, 2026)
11/13/2026
Woldenberg Riverfront Park We Belong Here: New Orleans - (November 13-15, 2026)
11/13/2026
St. Clement of Rome St. Clement of Rome Fall Fest - (November 13-15, 2026)
11/14/2026
Armstrong Park Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival - (November 14-15, 2026)
11/14/2026
City Park New Orleans Marathon - (November 14, 2026)
11/14/2026
Covington, LA Covington Three Rivers Art Festival - (November 14-15, 2026)
11/14/2026
Destrehan Plantation Destrehan Fall Festival - (November 14-15, 2026)
11/14/2026
Thibodaux, LA Thibodeauxville Fall Festival - (November 14, 2026)
11/15/2026
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers - (12:00pm)
11/19/2026
Champion's Square Shuck Cancer - (November 19, 2026)
11/20/2026
Springfield, LA Wild Things Family Reunion - (November 20-22, 2026)
11/21/2026
The Broadside Sober Fest - (November 21, 2026)
11/26/2026
Downtown New Orleans Bayou Classic Thanksgiving Day Parade - (November 26, 2026)
11/27/2026
City Park Celebration in the Oaks - (November 27, 2026 - January 1, 2027)
11/28/2026
Caesars Superdome Bayou Classic - (November 28, 2026)
12/04/2026
Buras, LA Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival - (December 4-6, 2026)
12/06/2026
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Green Bay Packers - (12:00pm)
12/27/2026
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals - (12:00pm)
12/31/2026
Orpheum Theater The Meters: 50 Years of New Directions - (December 31, 2026)
01/08/2027
Morial Convention Center FAN EXPO New Orleans - (January 8-10, 2027)
01/10/2027
Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers - (TBA)
01/15/2027
Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Semifinal Game - (January 15, 2027)
01/29/2027
French Quarter Krewe of Cork Parade - (January 29, 2027)
01/29/2027
Metairie Family Gras - (January 29-31, 2027)
02/08/2027
Riverwalk Outlets Lundi Gras Celebration - (February 8, 2027)
02/08/2027
Woldenberg Park Zulu Lundi Gras Festival - (February 8, 2027)
02/09/2027
Various Mardi Gras Day - (February 9, 2027)
02/27/2027
Docville Farm (Violet, LA) Cook-Off for the Coast - (February 27, 2027)
02/28/2027
Champions Square Every Woman's Marathon - (February 28, 2027)
03/06/2027
Deutsches Haus New Orleans Bayou Bluegrass Festival - (March 6, 2027)
03/06/2027
St. Bernard Los Isleños Fiesta - (March 6-7, 2027)
03/12/2027
Belle Chasse, LA Croatian Fest 2027 - (March 12-13, 2027)
03/13/2027
Irish Channel Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Parade - (March 13, 2027)
03/19/2027
UNO Lakefront Hogs For The Cause - (March 19-20, 2027)
03/19/2027
Abita Springs, LA Moonshadow Festival 2027 - (March 19-21, 2027)
03/19/2027
Amite, LA Amite Oyster Festival - (March 19-21, 2027)
03/21/2027
Metairie Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade - (March 21, 2027)
04/08/2027
French Quarter French Quarter Festival - (April 8-11, 2027)
04/09/2027
Ponchatoula, LA Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival - (April 9-11, 2027)
04/17/2027
Tulane University Crawfest at Tulane University - (April 17, 2027)
04/22/2027
Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - (April 22-April 25, 2027)
04/29/2027
Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - (April 29-May 2, 2027)
09/06/2027
LaPlace, LA Jazz on the Lake 2027 - (September 6, 2027)
01/24/2028
Caesars Superdome 2028 CFP National Championship - (January 24, 2028)
01/01/2029
Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game - (January 1, 2029)
01/10/2030
Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Semifinal Game - (January 10, 2030)
01/10/2031
Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Semifinal Game - (January 10, 2031)
01/01/2032
Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game - (January 1, 2032)

Notes:

Follow New Orleans Concert Line on Bluesky for live music announcements and news on other upcoming special events.

The annual 3-day Gretna Fest (aka Gretna Heritage Festival) will not take place in 2026. The cancellation was announced to allow for a "major renovation" of the downtown Gretna Marketplace area. The event, which usually takes place in early October, plans to return in 2007. Read more here.

The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, held annually on Bayou St. John, is being scaled back in 2026. Events will take place May 15-17, 2026 at the Pitot House and The Broadside. The future of the 3 festival being held along Bayou St. John is in doubt. Last year, organizers faced permit delays tied to neighborhood concerns over parking, fencing, and trash accumulation.

The LIV Golf Louisiana tournament has been postponed. The tournament was scheduled to be played June 25-28, 2026 at Bayou Oaks at City Park in Louisiana, but now officials are looking at a possible fall date.

The Bluesberry Music & Art Festival (held in the fall in Covington, LA) has decided to place the 2026 event on hold. They plan to return in 2027.

The National Fried Chicken Festival was postponed from October 2-4, 2026 to October 9-11, 2026. due to weather concerns.


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and surrounding areas (+/- one hour drive from New Orleans, with a few further away)

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Last update: 10/08/2026