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Dates not confirmed yet. This edition is expected in June 2027, based on when it has run before. Check the organizer before making plans.
Food & Drink
Creole Tomato Festival
Date
Expected June 2027
Location
French Market District and Dutch Alley
French Market District, 1008 N. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70116
French Market District, 1008 N. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70116
Where to stay
The French Market is about a seven-minute walk from the closest Marigny hotels, across Esplanade.
Organized by
French Market Corporation (French Market District)
About this happenin
The Creole Tomato Festival fills the French Market District and Dutch Alley in New Orleans each June with dishes built around a single fruit, and Saturday opens with the Ripe & Ready Second Line. It forms at Oscar Dunn Park across from Jackson Square and walks to the festival. Anyone can join, and tomato attire is encouraged. The French Market puts it on over a Saturday and Sunday in the first or second weekend of the month, and hours have run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Music is free, and so are the dance lessons. Bands play on the stages through the afternoon. Restaurants in the market and the festival food booths cook with the Creole tomato, in things like a fried tomato BLT and a tomato stuffed with shrimp pasta. Farmers from the region sell fresh Creole tomatoes to take home. Between sets there are tomato eating contests and a Miss Creole Tomato Pageant.
More in June: 2 other New Orleans events.
Where
French Market District and Dutch Alley · French Market District, 1008 N. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70116
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