⚜ You pick the date
Places worth a visit, open on your own schedule — museums and the archive today, trails and campgrounds soon. Browse, then rally your krewe for a day out.
Hitting the thrift shops? Plan a thrift run— pick your shops and we’ll work out the order that drives the least, with a lunch stop in the middle. Print it and go.
10 places
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Free blues music festival with BBQ cookoff in Lafayette Square.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
Lafayette · Acadiana
Free international music and arts festival; largest francophone festival outside Canada.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Largest free music festival in the American South; multiple stages across the French Quarter.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
Gonzales · Greater Baton Rouge
World jambalaya cooking championship; free event with Cajun/Zydeco music and parade.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
Baton Rouge · Greater Baton Rouge
Free literary festival on the State Capitol grounds with author readings and exhibits.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Free two-day outdoor festival celebrating Cajun and Zydeco music at Armstrong Park.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
World-famous pre-Lenten carnival with parades, balls, and street celebrations.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
Ponchatoula · Northshore
Annual celebration of the strawberry harvest; one of Louisiana's largest free festivals with rides, entertainment, and strawberry dishes.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Free festival celebrating the life and music of Louis Armstrong in the French Quarter.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
Franklinton · Northshore
One of the oldest free fairs in the South; livestock, rides, food, and entertainment.
Picks a date, lands on your calendar — then rally your krewe.
