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
- 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
- Tennessee Williams Literary Festival — New Orleans
- Three Rivers Art Festival — Covington
- Spring Arts Festival; Minden
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
- French Quarter Festival — New Orleans
- Gretna Heritage Festival — Gretna
- Hemingbough Festival of Blues — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Highland Games — Jackson
- Jim Bowie Festival — Vidalia
- Marshland Festival — Lake Charles
- Red River Revel — Shreveport
- River Fest Festival — Alexandria-Pineville
- Sabine Free state 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
- Fall FunFest — Covington
Food, harvest and wild game festivals
- Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana
- Andouille Festival — La Place
- Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond
- The International Rice Festival — Crowley, Louisiana
- Catfish Festival — Des Allemands, Louisiana
- Catfish Festival — Washington
- Cochon de Lait Festival — Mansura
- Franklin Parish Catfish Festival — Winnsboro
- Louisiana Cattle Festival — Abbeville
- Louisiana Cotton Festival — Ville Platte
- Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival — Lacombe
- Cracklin Festival — Port Barre
- Crawfish Festival — Breaux Bridge
- Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Festival — Eunice
- Duck Festival — Gueydan
- French Food Festival — Larose, Louisiana
- Frog Festival — Rayne
- Gumbo Festival — Bridge City
- Louisiana Gumbo Festival — Thibodaux
- Cajun Hot Sauce Festival — New Iberia
- Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales
- Mirliton Festival — New Orleans
- Mudbug Madness Festival — Shreveport
- Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival — Natchitoches
- Giant Omelette Celebration — Abbeville
- Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival — Buras
- Ruston Peach Festival — Ruston
- Louisiana Pecan Festival — Colfax
- Lecompte Pie Festival — Lecompte
- Louisiana Pepper Festival — St. Martinville
- Rabbit Festival — Iowa
- Rice Festival — Crowley
- Seafood Festival — Mandeville
- Shrimp Festival — Delcambre
- Shrimp and Petroleum Festival — Morgan City
- Sorrento Boucherie Festival — Sorrento
- Strawberry Festival — Ponchatoula
- Sugarcane Festival — New Iberia
- Tamale Fiesta — Zwolle
- Louisiana Wildlife and Whitetail Festival — Washington
- Viande Boucannee [Smoked Meat Festival] — Ville Platte
- Louisiana Watermelon Festival; Farmerville
- Swine Festival — Basile
- Yambilee Festival — Opelousas
Earth and nature festivals
- Bayou Teche Bear Festival — Franklin
- Earth Fest at Audubon Zoo — New Orleans
- Earth Day Festival — Baton Rouge
- 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
- International Acadian Festival — Plaquemine
- Festivals Acadiens — Lafayette
- 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
- Louisiana Folklife Festival — Monroe
- Northwestern State University Folk Festival — Natchitoches
- French Settlement Creole Festival — Baton Rouge
- Greek Festival — New Orleans
- International Heritage Celebration Festival — Baton Rouge
- Independence Italian Festival — Independence, Louisiana
- Oktoberfest Festival — Gonzales
- Mensaje Spanish Festival — New Orleans
- Louisiana Renaissance Festival — Hammond
- Wooden Boat Festival — Madisonville
- Annual Germantown Festival; Minden
Holiday festivals
- Festival of the Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Gramercy, New Iberia, and Paulina
- Baton Rouge Bonfire — Baton Rouge
- Port Allen Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Port Allen
- Christmas Festival — Natchitoches
- Baton Rouge Festival of Lights — Baton Rouge
- Go 4th On The River — New Orleans
- Holiday Trail of Lights — North Louisiana
- New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans
- La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns — St. Martinville
- Pow Wow and Trade Days Festival;
Music festivals
- Ark-La-Tex Jazz & Gumbo Music Festival — Shreveport
- Blues Week Festival — Baton Rouge
- Bluegrass on the Bayou Festival — Baton Rouge
- Cajun Music Festival — Mamou
- Cajun French Music Association Festival — Lake Charles
- Le Cajun Festival Music Awards — Lafayette
- Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete Festival — Port Allen
- Essence Music Festival — New Orleans
- Festival International — Lafayette
- Gas, Food and Lodging Music Festival — Baton Rouge
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans
- Satchmo Summer Fest — New Orleans
- South Louisiana Blackpot Festival and Cookoff — Lafayette
- Swamp Pop Festival — Gonzales
- Voodoo Music Experience — New Orleans
- Cane River Zydeco Festival and Poker Run — Natchitoches
- Creole Zydeco Festival — St. Martinville
- Zydeco Festival — Opelousas
See also
- List of festivals in the United States
- Acadian World Congress, occasionally held in Louisiana