List of festivals in Louisiana 5709765 222677106 2008-06-30T15:52:01Z 72.150.19.193 Add an external link to a Louisiana Festivals Calendar {{expand_list}} This is a partial list of [[festivals]] and celebrations in [[Louisiana]]. ==Arts and crafts festivals== *[[Angola Prison Rodeo & Arts and Crafts Festival]] &mdash; [[Angola, Louisiana|Angola]] *[[Cultural Crossroads]] &mdash; [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] *[[Fall Festival in Antique Village]] &mdash; [[Denham Springs, Louisiana|Denham Springs]] *[[Hot Air Balloon Festival]] Championship &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Louisiana Book Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Louisiana Tournoi]] &mdash; [[Ville Platte, Louisiana|Ville Platte]] *[[Nicholls State University Jubilee]] &mdash; [[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]] *[[Shakespeare Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Spring Arts Festival]] &mdash; [[Minden]] *[[Tennessee Williams Literary Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Three Rivers Art Festival]] &mdash; [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]] ==Community festivals and celebrations== *[[Baton Rouge Fest For All Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[ChristFest Community Festival]] - [[Deville, Louisiana]] *[[Greater Baton Rouge State Fair]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Downtown on the Bayou Fest]] &mdash; [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]] *[[Contraband Days Festival]] &mdash; [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] *[[Fall FunFest]] &mdash; [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]] *[[French Quarter Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Gretna Heritage Festival]] &mdash; [[Gretna, Louisiana|Gretna ]] *[[Hemingbough Festival of Blues]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Louisiana Forest Festival]] &mdash; [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]] *[[Louisiana Highland Games]] &mdash; [[Jackson, Louisiana|Jackson]] *[[Jim Bowie Festival]] &mdash; [[Vidalia, Louisiana|Vidalia]] *[[Marshland Festival]] &mdash; [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] *[[Red River Revel]] &mdash; [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] *[[River Fest Festival]] &mdash; [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria-Pineville]] *[[Sabine Free Ftate Festival]] &mdash; [[Florien, Louisiana|Florien]] *[[Slidell Heritage Festival]] &mdash; [[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]] *[[Southern Decadence]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Terrebonne's Annual Cultural, Heritage & Industrial Festival]] &mdash; [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]] *[[Tri-Parish Fair and Festival]] &mdash; [[Eunice, Louisiana|Eunice]] *[[Holiday In Dixie]] &mdash; [[Shreveport]] *[[KEIRSTON FEST]] &mdash; [[house]] ==Food, harvest and wild game festivals== *1.[[Alligator Festival]] &mdash; [[Luling, Louisiana]] *2.[[Andouille Festival]] &mdash; [[La Place, Louisiana|La Place]] *3.[[Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival]] &mdash; [[Lacombe, Louisiana|Lacombe]] *4.[[Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival]] &mdash; [[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]] *5.[[Cajun Hot Sauce Festival]] &mdash; [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]] *6.[[Catfish Festival (Des Allemands)|Catfish Festival]] &mdash; [[Des Allemands, Louisiana]] *7.[[Catfish Festival (Washington)|Catfish Festival]] *8.[[Cochon de Lait Festival]] &mdash; [[Mansura, Louisiana|Mansura]] *9.[[Cracklin Festival]] &mdash; [[Port Barre, Louisiana|Port Barre]] *10.[[Crawfish Festival]] &mdash; [[Breaux Bridge, Louisiana|Breaux Bridge]] *11.[[Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Festival]] &mdash; [[Eunice, Louisiana|Eunice]] *12.[[Duck Festival]] &mdash; [[Gueydan, Louisiana|Gueydan]] *13.[[Franklin Parish Catfish Festival]] &mdash; [[Winnsboro, Louisiana|Winnsboro]] *14.[[French Food Festival]] &mdash; Larose, Louisiana *15.[[Frog Festival]] &mdash; [[Rayne, Louisiana|Rayne]] *16.[[Fur and Wildlife Festival]] &mdash; [[Cameron, Louisiana|Cameron]] *17.[[International Rice Festival]] &mdash; [[Crowley, Louisiana]] *18.[[Jambalaya Festival]] &mdash; [[Gonzales, Louisiana|Gonzales]] *19.[[Lecompte Pie Festival]] &mdash; [[Lecompte, Louisiana|Lecompte]] *20.[[Louisiana Cattle Festival]] &mdash; [[Abbeville, Louisiana|Abbeville]] *21.[[Louisiana Cotton Festival]] &mdash; [[Ville Platte, Louisiana|Ville Platte]] *22.[[Louisiana Gumbo Festival]] &mdash; [[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]] *23.[[Louisiana Pecan Festival]] &mdash; [[Colfax, Louisiana|Colfax]] *24.[[Louisiana PeppernFestival]] &mdash; [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]] *25.[[Louisiana Watermelon Festival]] &mdash; [[Farmerville, Louisiana|Farmerville]] *26[[Mirliton Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *27.[[Mudbug Madness Festival]] &mdash; [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] *28.[[Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival]] &mdash; [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] *29.[[Giant Omelette Celebration]] &mdash; [[Abbeville, Louisiana|Abbeville]] *30.[[Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival]] &mdash; [[Buras, Louisiana|Buras]] *31.[[Rabbit Festival]] &mdash; [[Iowa, Louisiana|Iowa]] *32.[[Ruston Peach Festival]] &mdash; [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] *33.[[Seafood Festival]] &mdash; [[Mandeville, Louisiana|Mandeville]] *34.[[Shrimp Festival]] &mdash; [[Delcambre, Louisiana|Delcambre]] *35.[[Shrimp and Petroleum Festival]] &mdash; [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]] *36.[http://www.eatel.net/~fred/boucherie/index.html Sorrento Boucherie Festival] &mdash; [[Sorrento, Louisiana|Sorrento]] *37.[[Strawberry Festival (Ponchatoula)|Strawberry Festival]] &mdash; [[Ponchatoula, Louisiana|Ponchatoula]] *38.[[Sugarcane Festival]] &mdash; [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]] *39.[[Swine Festival]] &mdash; [[Basile, Louisiana|Basile]] *40.[[Tamale Fiesta]] &mdash; [[Zwolle, Louisiana|Zwolle]] *41.''Viande Boucannee'' [[Smoked Meat Festival]] &mdash; Ville Platte *42.[[Yambilee Festival]] &mdash; [[Opelousas, Louisiana|Opelousas]] ==Earth and nature festivals== *[[Bayou Teche Bear Festival]] &mdash; [[Franklin, Louisiana|Franklin]] *[[Earth Fest at Audubon Zoo]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Earth Day Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Forest Festival]] &mdash; [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]] *[[Louisiana Nursery Festival]] &mdash; Forest Hill *[[Swamp Festival]] at the Audubon Zoo &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] ==Film and media festivals== *[[Contraband Film Festival]] &mdash; [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] *[[New Orleans Media Experience]] Festival &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Outhouse Film Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Ozone Film Festival]] &mdash; [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]] *[[Red Stick International Animation Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] ==Heritage and folk festivals== *[[Annual Germantown Festival]]; [[Minden]] *[[Black Heritage Festival]] &mdash; [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] *[[Balfa Cajun/Creole Heritage Week]] &mdash; [[Ville Platte, Louisiana|Ville Platte]] *[[Buggy Festival]] &mdash; [[Church Point, Louisiana|Church Point]] *[[Baton Rouge Cajun Day Festival]] &mdash; [[Port Allen, Louisiana|Port Allen]] *[[Celtic Nations Heritage Festival]] &mdash; [[Madisonville, Louisiana|Madisonville]] *[[Festivals Acadiens]] &mdash; [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] *[[French Settlement Creole Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Greek Festival (New Orleans)|Greek Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[International Acadian Festival]] &mdash; [[Plaquemine, Louisiana|Plaquemine]] *[[International Heritage Celebration Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Independence Italian Festival]] &mdash; [[Independence, Louisiana]] *[[Louisiana Folklife Festival]] &mdash; [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] *[[Louisiana Renaissance Festival]] &mdash; [[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]] *[[Mensaje Spanish Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Northwestern State University Folk Festival]] &mdash; [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] *[[Oktoberfest Festival]] &mdash; [[Gonzales, Louisiana|Gonzales]] *[[Wooden Boat Festival]] &mdash; [[Madisonville, Louisiana|Madisonville]] ==Holiday festivals== *[[Baton Rouge Bonfire]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Baton Rouge Festival of Lights]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Christmas Festival]] &mdash; [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] *[[Go 4th On The River]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Festival of the Bonfires on the Mississippi River]] &mdash; [[Gramercy, Louisiana|Gramercy]], [[Lutcher, Louisiana|Lutcher]] and [[Paulina, Louisiana|Paulina]] *[[Holiday Trail of Lights]] &mdash; [[North Louisiana]] *[[La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns]] &mdash; [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]] *[[New Orleans Mardi Gras]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Port Allen Bonfires on the Mississippi River]] &mdash; [[Port Allen, Louisiana|Port Allen]] *[[Pow Wow and Trade Days Festival]] ==Music festivals==<!-- This section is linked from [[Music of Louisiana]] --> *[[Ark-La-Tex Jazz & Gumbo Music Festival]] &mdash; [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] *[[Bluegrass on the Bayou Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Blues Week Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Cajun French Music Association Festival]] &mdash; [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]] *[[Cajun Music Festival]] &mdash; [[Mamou, Louisiana|Mamou]] *[[Cane River Zydeco Festival and Poker Run]] &mdash; [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] *[[Creole Zydeco Festival]] &mdash; [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]] *[[DeltaFest]] &mdash; [[Monroe, Louisiana]] *[[Essence Music Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Festival International]] &mdash; [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] *[[French Quarter Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Gas, Food and Lodging Music Festival]] &mdash; [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] *[[Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete]] Festival &mdash; [[Port Allen, Louisiana|Port Allen]] *[[Le Cajun Festival Music Awards]] &mdash; [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] *[[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Satchmo Summer Fest]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[South Louisiana Blackpot Festival and Cookoff]] &mdash; [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] *[[Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival]] &mdash; [[Ponchatoula, Louisiana|Ponchatoula]] *[[Swamp Pop Festival]] &mdash; [[Gonzales, Louisiana|Gonzales]] *[[Voodoo Music Experience]] &mdash; [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] *[[Zydeco Festival]] &mdash; [[Opelousas, Louisiana|Opelousas]] ==See also== *[[List of festivals in the United States]] *[[Acadian World Congress]], occasionally held in Louisiana ==External links== *[http://neworleanswebsites.com/cat/en/fe/fe.html New Orleans and Louisiana Festivals] *[http://www.cajunradio.org/louisianafestivals.html Clarence's Louisiana Festivals Guide] *[http://www.laforestfestival.com/ Louisiana Forest Festival] *[http://www.louisiana-festivals.com/ Huli's LA Festival Calendar] {{Louisianarootsmusic}} [[Category:Festivals in Louisiana|*]] [[Category:Louisiana-related lists|Festivals]]