List of festivals in Louisiana

This is a partial list of festivals and celebrations in Louisiana.

Arts and crafts festivals

*Angola Prison Rodeo & Arts and Crafts Festival — Angola
*Antique Festival — Denham Springs, Louisiana
*Cultural Crossroads — Minden
*Fall Festival in Antique Village — Denham Springs
*Hot Air Balloon Festival Championship — Baton Rouge
*Louisiana Book Festival — Baton Rouge
*Louisiana Tournoi — Ville Platte
*Nicholls State University Jubilee — Thibodaux
*Shakespeare Festival — New Orleans
*Spring Arts Festival — Minden
*Tennessee Williams Literary Festival — New Orleans
*Three Rivers Art Festival — Covington

Community festivals and celebrations

*Baton Rouge Fest For All Festival — Baton Rouge
*ChristFest Community Festival - Deville, Louisiana
*Greater Baton Rouge State Fair — Baton Rouge
*Downtown on the Bayou Fest — Houma
*Contraband Days Festival — Lake Charles
*Fall FunFest — Covington
*French Quarter Festival — New Orleans
*Gretna Heritage Festival — Gretna
*Hemingbough Festival of Blues — Baton Rouge
*Louisiana Forest Festival — Winnfield
*Louisiana Highland Games — Jackson
*Jim Bowie Festival — Vidalia
*Marshland Festival — Lake Charles
*Red River Revel — Shreveport
*River Fest Festival — Alexandria-Pineville
*Sabine Free Ftate Festival — Florien
*Slidell Heritage Festival — Slidell
*Southern Decadence — New Orleans
*Terrebonne's Annual Cultural, Heritage & Industrial Festival — Houma
*Tri-Parish Fair and Festival — Eunice
*Holiday In Dixie — Shreveport
*KEIRSTON FEST — house

Food, harvest and wild game festivals

*1.Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana
*2.Andouille Festival — La Place
*3.Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival — Lacombe
*4.Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond
**.* [http://www.boudincookoff.com/ Boudin Cook-Off] — Lafayette
*5.Cajun Hot Sauce Festival — New Iberia
*6.Catfish Festival — Des Allemands, Louisiana
*7.Catfish Festival
*8.Cochon de Lait Festival — Mansura
*9.Cracklin Festival — Port Barre
*10.Crawfish Festival — Breaux Bridge
*11.Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Festival — Eunice
*12.Duck Festival — Gueydan
*13.Franklin Parish Catfish Festival — Winnsboro
*14.French Food Festival — Larose, Louisiana
*15.Frog Festival — Rayne
*16.Fur and Wildlife Festival — Cameron
*17.International Rice Festival — Crowley, Louisiana
*18.Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales
*19.Lecompte Pie Festival — Lecompte
*20.Louisiana Cattle Festival — Abbeville
*21.Louisiana Cotton Festival — Ville Platte
*22.Louisiana Gumbo Festival — Thibodaux
*23.Louisiana Pecan Festival — Colfax
*24.Louisiana PeppernFestival — St. Martinville
*25.Louisiana Watermelon Festival — Farmerville
*26Mirliton Festival — New Orleans
*27.Mudbug Madness Festival — Shreveport
*28.Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival — Natchitoches
*29.Giant Omelette Celebration — Abbeville
*30.Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival — Buras
*31.Rabbit Festival — Iowa
*32.Ruston Peach Festival — Ruston
*33.Seafood Festival — Mandeville
*34.Shrimp Festival — Delcambre
*35.Shrimp and Petroleum Festival — Morgan City
*36. [http://www.eatel.net/~fred/boucherie/index.html Sorrento Boucherie Festival] — Sorrento
*37.Strawberry Festival — Ponchatoula
*38.Sugarcane Festival — New Iberia
*39.Swine Festival — Basile
*40.Tamale Fiesta — Zwolle
*41."Viande Boucannee" Smoked Meat Festival — Ville Platte
*42.Yambilee Festival — Opelousas

Earth and nature festivals

*Bayou Teche Bear Festival — Franklin
*Earth Fest at Audubon Zoo — New Orleans
*Earth Day Festival — Baton Rouge
*Forest Festival — Winnfield
*Louisiana Nursery Festival — Forest Hill
*Swamp Festival at the Audubon Zoo — New Orleans

Film and media festivals

*Contraband Film Festival — Lake Charles
*New Orleans Media Experience Festival — New Orleans
*Outhouse Film Festival — Baton Rouge
*Ozone Film Festival — Covington
*Red Stick International Animation Festival — Baton Rouge

Heritage and folk festivals

*Annual Germantown Festival; Minden
*Black Heritage Festival — Lake Charles
*Balfa Cajun/Creole Heritage Week — Ville Platte
*Buggy Festival — Church Point
*Baton Rouge Cajun Day Festival — Port Allen
*Celtic Nations Heritage Festival — Madisonville
*Festivals Acadiens — Lafayette
*French Settlement Creole Festival — Baton Rouge
*Greek Festival — New Orleans
*International Acadian Festival — Plaquemine
*International Heritage Celebration Festival — Baton Rouge
*Independence Italian Festival — Independence, Louisiana
*Louisiana Folklife Festival — Monroe
*Louisiana Renaissance Festival — Hammond
*Mensaje Spanish Festival — New Orleans
*Northwestern State University Folk Festival — Natchitoches
*Oktoberfest Festival — Gonzales
*Wooden Boat Festival — Madisonville

Holiday festivals

*Baton Rouge Bonfire — Baton Rouge
*Baton Rouge Festival of Lights — Baton Rouge
*Christmas Festival — Natchitoches
*Go 4th On The River — New Orleans
*Festival of the Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Gramercy, Lutcher and Paulina
*Holiday Trail of Lights — North Louisiana
*La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns — St. Martinville
*New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans
*Port Allen Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Port Allen
*Pow Wow and Trade Days Festival

Music festivals

*Ark-La-Tex Jazz & Gumbo Music Festival — Shreveport
*Bluegrass on the Bayou Festival — Baton Rouge
*Blues Week Festival — Baton Rouge
*Cajun French Music Association Festival — Lake Charles
*Cajun Music Festival — Mamou
*Cane River Zydeco Festival and Poker Run — Natchitoches
*Creole Zydeco Festival — St. Martinville
*DeltaFest — Monroe, Louisiana
*Essence Music Festival — New Orleans
*Festival International — Lafayette
*French Quarter Festival — New Orleans
*Gas, Food and Lodging Music Festival — Baton Rouge
*Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete Festival — Port Allen
*Le Cajun Festival Music Awards — Lafayette
*New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans
*Satchmo Summer Fest — New Orleans
*South Louisiana Blackpot Festival and Cookoff — Lafayette
*Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival — Ponchatoula
*Swamp Pop Festival — Gonzales
*Voodoo Music Experience — New Orleans
*Zydeco Festival — Opelousas

ee also

*List of festivals in the United States
*Acadian World Congress, occasionally held in Louisiana

External links

* [http://www.cajunradio.org/louisianafestivals.html Clarence's Louisiana Festivals Guide - Dates, Locations, and Festival Links]
* [http://neworleanswebsites.com/cat/en/fe/fe.html New Orleans and Louisiana Festivals]
* [http://www.laforestfestival.com/ Louisiana Forest Festival]
* [http://www.louisiana-festivals.com/ Huli's LA Festival Calendar]
* [http://www.boudincookoff.com/ Lafayette's Own Boudin Cook-Off]