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French Quarter Festival
Date
Thursday, Apr 8, 2027 to Sunday, Apr 11, 2027
Location
French Quarter (Woldenberg Riverfront Park to the Old U.S. Mint)
Woldenberg Riverfront Park, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Woldenberg Riverfront Park, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Where to stay
From the Windsor Court, one of the CBD and Warehouse District hotels, the riverfront stages at the foot of Canal Street are about a seven-minute walk.
Organized by
French Quarter Festivals, Inc.
About this happenin
Every April the French Quarter fills with more than 20 stages for French Quarter Festival, a free four-day run of music from Woldenberg Riverfront Park down to the Old U.S. Mint. Traditional jazz, brass bands, zydeco, funk, reggae and Cajun music play on them, and a few of the stages sit inside hotels and the Jazz Museum instead of out on the grass. More than 70 food and drink booths sell dishes from local restaurants, so a barbecue shrimp po-boy gets eaten standing in front of a band. French Quarter Festivals, Inc., a nonprofit, started it in 1984 as a way to bring people back to the neighborhood's shops and restaurants. It runs Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day, and a parade opens the first morning. Everything is cashless. Coolers and tents are out, as are shade structures and pets. Parking is tricky, so arrive early or take the ferry to the foot of Canal Street, which lands beside an entrance.
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Where
French Quarter (Woldenberg Riverfront Park to the Old U.S. Mint) · Woldenberg Riverfront Park, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
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