Sure Jazz Fest is over but that doesn't mean Louisiana drains the swamp and heads north for the Summer.
Don't let the heat and humidity scare you away. The crowds are fewer and you'll have space to move around, slowly. Plan now and dive into some of Louisiana's great Festivals this Summer!
compiled for sources all over the internet. Be sure to confirm with the venue before heading out as times, dates and locations often change.
Back to the Beach Festival
May 30 - June 1
at the lake at the end of Williams Boulevard.
Kenner
Music, food, games, crafts, car show to benefit the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Pastries and Poboys
June 1
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M
Plano Demonstration Garden Patio
New Orleans Botanical Garden
1 Palm Drive, New Orleans
features pastries from La Louisianne, po-boys, cocktails and music from local bands
Summer Sippin Wine Tasting
June 1
5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Conservatory
New Orleans Botanical Garden
1 Palm Drive, New Orleans
Wine tasting, music and entertainment
Riverbend Bluegrass Festival
June 5 -7
Enon
River Bend Campground off Louisiana 16
Gospel & bluegrass music and food
http://www.sabinebluegrass.comChurch Point Buggy Festival
June 6-8
City Park
Accordion-playing contest, Cajun music, buggy and horse-drawn carriage parade, food, rides and a children's French-speaking contest
http://www.churchpointbuggyfestival.comOpelousas Spice and Music Festival
June 6-8
Evangeline Downs Racetrack
Cajun and zydeco music, food, rides, pageant parade.
http://www.opelousasspiceandmusicfestival.comCajun Day Festival
June 7
St. Rose American Legion Hall
12188 River Road
Music, dancing, food, raffles
Juneteenth Freedom Festival
June 7-8
Donaldsonville
Gheens Bon Mange Festival
June 7-8,
Gheens Community Center
Louisiana 654
Japan Fest
June 8
New Orleans Museum of Art
Japanese drumming and dancing, food, storytelling, ikebana, bonsai, origami, calligraphy and martial arts demonstrations
Louisiana Seafood Festival
June 13-15
Various locations: Jackson Square and around French Quarter
New Orleans
Music, cooking demonstrations, tastings, cookbook signings, vendors.
http://www.neworleansseafoodfestival.comLouisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival
June 13-15
Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave
New Orleans
Food, cooking demonstrations, crafts, art market and music
Soul Fest
June 14-15
Audubon Zoo
New Orleans
Creole Tomato Festival
June 14-15
French Market
New Orleans
Cooking demonstrations, tomato tastings, food and music
Juneteenth Folklife Celebration
June 15
Farmer's Market
U.S. 190 East, Opelousas
African-American historical and cultural celebration with demonstrations, music and crafts.
http://www.cityofopelousas.comFestival of Neighborhoods
June 21
2401 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans
Lacombe Crab Cook-Off Festival
June 21-22
John Davis Park, U.S. 190 and Twelth Street, Lacombe
Music, crab and seafood dishes, cooking competitions, crafts, rides and music
Grand Isle community Fair & Blessing of the Fleet
June 27-28
Tarpon Rodeo Pavillion
Le Festival de Viande Boucanee
June 27-28
Ville Platte
Greater Mandeville Seafood Festival
June 27-29
Jackson Avenue at Lakeshore Drive
http://www.seafoodfest.comDown Da Bayou Festival
June 27-29
Knights of Columbus Home, Dulac
Cajun/Swamp-Pop music, food, auctions, crafts, raffle and bingo
Pridefest 2008
June 28-29
Washington Square Park, 706 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans
Gay pride event with entertainment, music, drag shows, food, contests and a French Quarter parade
Pecan Ridge Summer Bluegrass Festival
July 2-5
Pecan Ridge PArk, Louisiana 952, Jackson
Bluegrass and gospel music, and crafts
Greater Mandeville Seafood Festival
July 3-6
Fontainebleau State Park
near Mandeville
http://www.seafoodfest.comFourth of July events; around Louisiana
Lebeau Zydeco Festival
July 5
Immaculate Conception Church, U.S. 71
Louisiana Catfish Festival
July 11-13
St. Gertrude Catholic Church, Des Allemands
Jean Lafitte Seafood Festival
July 13 - 15
Across from City Hall on Highway 23, Jean Lafitte
Tales of the Cocktail
July 16-20
Hotel Monteleone and other French Quarter, New Orleans locations
Lectures, discussions, book signings, dinner pairings, cooking demonstrations, cocktail mixing seminars, walking tours, films screening a bartending course and a block party.
Morse Recreational Festival
July 17-19
Old-time street fair
Christmas In July
July 19
Ponchatoulas Historic District
Cajun French Music & Food Festival
July 19 - 20
Lake Charles, LA
http://www.tourlouisiana.com/cajun_music_festival.htmDeep South Crane and Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival
July 19-20
Lamar-Dixon Expo Center
Gonzales
Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
July 24-26
Grand Isle, Sanddollar Marina
Oldest fishing rodeo in North America
Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration
July 25-26
St. Francisville Inn, 5720 N. Commerce St.
St. Francisville
Satchmo SummerFest
July 31 - August 3
Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave
New Orleans
http://www.satchmosummerfest.comWhitney White Linen Night
Aug. 2
Contemporary Arts Center and Warehouse Arts District, New Orleans
National Hot Air Balloon Championships
Aug. 8-10
Pennington Center and BREC's Perkins Road Park
Baton Rouge
The Southeast Regional and Louisiana State Hot Air Balloon competitions
http://www.laballooning.comFestival of Riches
Aug. 8-9
City Park, Cyr Gates Recreation Building, New Iberia
Le Cajun Music Awards Show & Festival
Aug. 15-17
Blackham Coliseum
Lafayette
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
Aug. 15-17
Main Street
http://www.shrimpfestival.netGueydan Duck Festival
Aug. 21-24
Rides, crafts, parades, skeet shoots, dog trials, duck-calling contest, Cajun food and music
http://www.duckfestival.orgDecaFest
Aug. 26- Sept. 1
French Quarter and CBD, New Orleans
Theater music, films, literary and culinary events
Southern Decadence Festival
Aug. 27-Sept. 1
French Quarter, New Orleans
http://www.southerndecadence.netShrimp and Petroleum Festival
Aug. 28-Sept. 1
downtown Morgan City
Louisiana's oldest chartered harvest festival
http://www.shrimp-petrofest.orgMamou Cajun Music Festival
August 29-30
Mamou Civic Center
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival
Aug. 30
Zydeco festival grounds
457 Zydeco Road, Plaisance,
http://www.zydeco.orgCreole Zydeco Festival
Aug. 31
Adam Carlson Park
St. Martinville
Rayne Frog Festival
September 5 - 7
http://www.rayne.orgNatchitoches Meat Pie Festival
September 12 - 14
http://www.meatpiefestival.comAlligator Festival
September 26 - 28, 2008
West Bank Bridge Park in St Charles Parish under the Hale Boggs Bridge
http://www.stcharlesrotary.com/alligatorfestival.htmSee you at the fun!
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