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