Hello Festival Season

Photo |  Donald Harrison performing at New Orleans Jazz Fest

With over 130 festivals happening in the city each year, it should come as no surprise that New Orleans is the festival capital of the world. In this city, festin’ is a lifestyle. Whether you’re a music lover, a certified foodie, or a mixture of the two, there is a festival waiting for you. Hogs for the Cause marks the official start of festival season in April, and the fun lasts until Southern Decadence Labor Day weekend Besides the obvious reasons to love festival season, each fest benefits a great cause, and who doesn’t love to party for a purpose? Check out this year’s lineup below. 

April 

4/1-4/2 Hogs for the Cause

4/1-4/2 Deutsches Haus Volksfest

4/21-4/24 French Quarter Festival

4/29-5/1 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Weekend 

May

5/2-5/4 NOLA Crawfish Fest

5/3-5/4 Daze Between New Orleans

5/5-5/8 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Weekend 2

5/6 Whitney Zoo-To-Do

5/7 Jammin’ on Julia

5/20-5/22 Bayou Boogaloo

5/26 Food Fight Festival

5/27-5/29 Greek Fest

Photo | Hogs For The Cause Crew

June 

6/7-6/12 New Orleans Wine and Food Experience

July

7/1-7/3 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® Presented By Coca-Cola®

7/9 Running of the Bulls

7/25-7/29 Tales of the Cocktail

August

8/6 White Linen Night

8/6-8/7 Satchmo SummerFest

8/13 Dirty Linen Night

8/13 Red Dress Run

September 

9/1-9/5 Southern Decadence

Photo | French Quarter Fest

Wishing you a celebratory and safe festival season. Stay tuned to more festival information coming soon!