January 2016

 

1 – Allstate Sugar Bowl
6 – Annual Joan of Arc Parade
6 – Phunny Phorty Phellows Parade
7 – Bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans
18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
21 – OffBeat Best of the Beat Music Awards
23 – Krewe du Vieux
29-Feb. 9 – Mardi Gras Parades
31 – King Cake Festival

 

February 2016

 

1-9 – Mardi Gras Parades
9 – Mardi Gras Day
12-14 – Vietnamese New Year’s (Tet) Celebration
14 – Valentine's Day
15 – Presidents' Day
28 – Rock n' Roll Marathon

 

March 2016

 

5-6, 12-13 – Spring Fiesta
11-12 – Buku Music and Art Project
20 – Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday
11-17 – St. Patrick’s Day Parades
19 – St. Joseph's Day
19-20 – Congo Square New Worlds Rhythm Festival
26 – Crescent City Classic
27 – Easter Parades
30-Apr 3 – Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
TBA – Wednesday at the Square Concert Series

April 2016

 

1-2 – Hogs for the Cause
1-3 – Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
2 – Freret Street Fest
2 – Foodfest
7-10 – French Quarter Festival
25-May 1 – Zurich Classic
22-24 & 28-May 1 – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
TBA – Jazz in the Park Concert Series

 

May 2016

 

5 – Cinco de Mayo
6 – Whitney Zoo-To-Do
8 – Mother’s Day
20-22 – Bayou Boogaloo
26-29 – New Orleans Wine and Food Experience
27-29 – Greek Fest
30 – Memorial Day

June 2016

 

4-5 – New Orleans Oyster Festival
18-19 – Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival
TBD – French Market Creole Tomato Festival
17-19 – New Orleans Pride
19 – Father’s Day
30-July 3 – ESSENCE Festival

 

July 2016

 

4 – Independence Day French Quarter Fireworks
1-3 – ESSENCE Festival
7-10 – San Fermin en Nueva Orleans
TBA – Bastille Day Fete
20-24 – Tales of the Cocktail
28-31 – Festigals
TBA – French Film Festival

 

August 2016

 

1-31 – COOLinary New Orleans
6 – Whitney White Linen Night
4-7 – Satchmo SummerFest
13 – Red Dress Run
13 – Dirty Linen Night
TBA – New Orleans Sushi Festival
TBA – NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival
31- September 5 – Southern Decadence

 

September 2016

 

1-5 – Southern Decadence
2-4 – Louisiana Seafood Festival
7 – Labor Day
12-18 – We Live to Eat Restaurant Week
15-18 – New Orleans Burlesque Festival
TBA – NOLA on Tap

 

October 2016

 

1 – Art for Arts' Sake
TBA – Treme Fall Fest
8 – Carnival Latino
TBA – Oktoberfest
TBA – New Orleans Film Festival
14-16 – Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
TBA – Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade
TBA – Words and Music Festival
TBA – LGBT Halloween in New Orleans
28-30 – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
31 – Halloween

 

November 2016

 

TBA – Mirliton Festival
TBA – Faux/Real Festival
TBA – Boudin, Bourbon & Beer
12-13 – Treme Creole Gumbo Festival
TBA – Oak Street Po-Boy Festival
24 – Thanksgiving Day
TBA – Celebration in the Oaks
TBA – Bayou Classic

 

December 2016

 

1-31 – Christmas New Orleans Style
24-January 1 – Chanukah
TBA – R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
TBA – Caroling in Jackson Square
TBA – Christmas Eve Bonfires on the Levee
25 – Christmas Day
26 – January 1 - Kwanzaa
31 – New Year’s Eve