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Slobster Fest at Lafreneire Park

New Orleans gets all the credit for Mardi Gras and music festivals, but this week Metairie (a suburb of New Orleans) is proving that it too has noteworthy krewes and festivals. The Krewe of Zeus, a...

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Baton Rouge festivals (Video)

New Orleans festival lovers surely have their pick of festivals through the year, there is rarely a weekend that goes by without a festival of some sort. And yet even the most diehard New Orleans...

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Annual art festivals in New Orleans (Video)

New Orleans is a city for artists, with visual art displays visible in most public spaces, an incredible array of galleries, and several large art museums. Art visitors flock to New Orleans year round...

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Celebrate Cajun culture (Video)

Cajun culture is celebrated and often lumped in with New Orleans, but Cajun country actually is located outside of the New Orleans city limits. To experience the music, food, and distinctive accents...

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October festivals in New Orleans (Video)

October is naturally the start of fall festival season in South Louisiana. While the weather is nothing like the much lauded leaf-changing affair of the North East it is noticeably cooler and less...

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2012 Alligator Festival (Video)

Thanks to reality shows such as the History Channel’s Swamp People those less familiar with South Louisiana may think locals have everyday encounters with gators. While that is certainly far from...

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New Orleans baby and child fest

This Saturday, October 6th, is the third annual New Orleans Baby and Child Fest held at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. It is not a typical baby expo handing out flyers with information to parents...

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Art for art's sake 2012 (Video)

Whether uptown or downtown this Saturday, art lovers can be a part of Art for Art’s Sake. This decades old event is held on the first Saturday of October every year, and this year’s event falls...

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Magazine Street celebrates art for art's sake

Art for Art’s sake this past Saturday night, October 6th, proved once again that New Orleans is not only an art town, but an accessible art town. For over thirty years now the first Saturday In...

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Oktoberfest 2012 kicks off this weekend in Rivertown

The Spanish and French influences in New Orleans are undeniable with the beautiful architecture of our historic buildings and the French phrases that still pop up in everyday conversation, and yet...

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48th annual Angola Prison Rodeo

This past Sunday was the kickoff to the 48th annual Angola Prison Rodeo. It is the longest running prison rodeo show in the world and runs every Sunday in October. The Angola Prison Rodeo started as a...

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23rd annual New Orleans Film Festival

Today kicks off the 23rd annual New Orleans Film Festival. If there were such a label this could easily be named a super festival. It continues on until next Thursday, encompasses multiple venues,...

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Food truck festival tonight (Video)

Food truck operators and chefs have faced many problems due to a lack of laws recognizing their unique, but burgeoning, business. Recently, it was showcased on local news that as of yet the Louisiana...

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Annual November Food Festivals in Louisiana (Video)

November’s bounty is celebrated nationally on Thanksgiving, but down in New Orleans and across Louisiana there are numerous food festivals throughout the month in celebration of the local culinary...

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Festival of the Bonfires LIght up Louisiana Nights

Steeped in Christmas tradition unique to the area, this weekend’s Festival of the Bonfires is the 23rd annual celebration in St. James Parish. St. James Parish is home to the three small Louisiana...

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Gift Guide for Festival Lovers

Festivals are one of the many great free entertainment options in New Orleans, but frequent festers or festing fanatics realize that there is a certain amount of gear and preparation involved. Showing...

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Super Bowl XLVII Festivities in New Orleans

Sandwiched in the middle of New Orleans’ most infamous free festival, Mardi Gras, is this year’s Super Bowl. While not exactly a festival per say, when hosted in the Crescent City in true Southern...

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Krewe of Nyx, Making Parade Goers Take Note

Wednesday February 6th the final leg of the 2013 Carnival season began in earnest with the back to back parading of the Krewe of Ancient Druids and the Krewe of Nyx. The Krewe of Nyx stole the evening...

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Festival Goers Delight Over Helpful Apps

During Mardi Gras, New Orleans natives and visitors alike turn to the free Parade Tracker app to let them know where the parade is, prepare for rain cancelations, and read other up-to-date news that...

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French Quarter Fest Keeps Growing

French Quarter Fest proudly proclaims that it is “the largest free music festival in the South,” and has chosen to mark the celebration of its 30th anniversary with the addition of new music stages....

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