Here’s a planning calendar of major N.O. events, fests

The following calendar of major New Orleans events and festivals has two purposes. Whether you want to tie your wedding date to a major New Orleans event – or avoid the event entirely! – you’ve come to the right place.

2017:
January
 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl
 6 St. Joan of Arc Parade
 6 Phunny Phorty
Phellows Parade
18 Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
29 King Cake Festival

February
6-28 Mardi Gras
5 Rock n Roll Marathon
14 St. Valentine’s Day
19 NBA All-Star Game
28 Mardi Gras Day

March
1-May 17 Wednesdays at the Square
Concert Series
10-11 Buku Music and
Art Project
10-18 St. Patrick’s Day
Parades
17 St. Patrick’s Day 18-19 Congo Square
New Worlds Rhythm Festival
19 Mardi Gras Indians
Super Sunday
19 St. Joseph’s Day & Altars
22-26 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
23 Taco Fest
25-26, April 1-2
Spring Fiesta
31-April 1
Hogs for the Cause

April
1-2 FoodFest
5-May 17 Wednesdays
at the Square
6-9 French Quarter Festival
15 Crescent City Classic
16 Easter Sunday
24-30 Zurich Classic of
New Orleans
28-30 & May 4-7
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

May
3-17 Wednesdays
at the Square
4-7 New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival
5 Whitney Zoo-To-Do
14 Mothers’ Day
17-21 Bayou Boogaloo
25-28 New Orleans
Wine & Food Experience
26-28 New Orleans
Greek Festival
26-28 Bayou Country
Superfest
(Baton Rouge)
26-29 Memorial Day
Weekend

June
3-4 New Orleans Oyster
Festival
10-11 French Market Creole Tomato Festival
18 Fathers’ Day
24-25 Louisiana
Cajun-Zydeco Festival
30-July 3 Essence Festival

July
1-3 Essence Festival
4 Go 4th on the River
14 Bastille Day
18-23 Tales of the Cocktail

August
1-31 COOLinary
New Orleans
1-31 Museum Month
3-6 Satchmo Summerfest
5 Whitney White
Linen Night

September
1-3 Louisiana Seafood
Festival
1-4 Labor Day Weekend
TBA Restaurant Week
New Orleans
TBA NOLA on Tap
TBA Fried Chicken Festival

October
13-15 Gentilly Fest
27-29 Voodoo Art+Music Experience
31 Halloween
TBA Crescent City Blues
& BBQ Fest
TBA New Orleans Film
Festival
TBA Oak Street Po-Boy
Festival
TBA Art for Arts’ Sake
TBA Treme Fall Fest
TBA Beignet Festival
TBA Oktoberfest
TBA Praise Fest

November
4-6 National WWII Museum Airpower Expo
23 Thanksgiving Day
23 Bayou Classic
24-Jan. 1 Celebration in
the Oaks
TBA Mirliton Festival
TBA Boudin, Bourbon
& Beer
TBA Treme Creole Gumbo Festival
TBA Words and Music
Festival

December
1-31 Christmas
New Orleans Style
1-31 Merriment on
Magazine Street
1-Jan. 1 Celebration in
the Oaks
TBA R+L Carriers
New Orleans Bowl
TBA Caroling in
Jackson Square
TBA Algiers Bonfires
on the Levee
24 Christmas Eve
Bonfires on the Levee

2018:
January
1 Sugar Bowl
February
13 Mardi Gras

March
1 Tricentennial Thanksgiving Service (All Faiths) Superdome

April
1 Easter
12-15 French Quarter Festival
19 NOLA Navy Week

May
7 Opening of new
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans International Airport

July
14 Tricentennial Bastille Day (France)
December
1 Christmas New Orleans Style

2019:
March
5 Mardi Gras

April
21 Easter

2020:
February
25 Mardi Gras

April
12 Easter