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Avenue of live oaks leading to Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana
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Louisiana

Louisiana for food travellers: Creole and Cajun cooking, New Orleans and the food booths of the French Quarter Festival, 8 to 11 April 2027.

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Food festivals in Louisiana

Festival crowd in Jackson Square with St. Louis Cathedral behind, New OrleansCarnaval.com Studios, CC BYStreet foodApr 8 to 11

French Quarter Festival

New Orleans’s free music festival in the French Quarter, 8 to 11 April 2027, seen from the plate: where the food booths are and what to eat.New OrleansView
Cajun boudin shop in a cottage under live oaks, Breaux Bridgejc.winkler, CC BYSeafoodApr 30 to May 2

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

Crawfish and Cajun culture at Parc Hardy, Breaux Bridge: the 2027 festival runs from 30 April to 2 May, with day tickets from 5 to 15 dollars in 2026.Breaux BridgeView
Lace-iron balconies with hanging ferns and a crowd on a French Quarter street cornerrboed*, CC BYWineJun 9 to 13

New Orleans Wine & Food Experience

The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience, 9 to 13 June 2027: a week of wine tastings and chefs’ dinners for charity, with the Grand Tasting ($165 in 2026).New OrleansView

Culinary experiences in Louisiana

Wrought-iron galleries decorated with Mardi Gras beads in the French Quarter of New OrleansMiguel Discart (Photos Vrac), CC BY-SAFood tour3 hours

Food tours in New Orleans

Guided food tours in New Orleans with three operators, in the French Quarter and the Lower Garden District: from 83 to 99 dollars per ticket, three hours.New OrleansView

Cities and towns in Louisiana

Cajun boudin shop in a cottage under live oaks, Breaux Bridgejc.winkler, CC BY1 listing

Breaux Bridge

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
Pink Creole townhouse with green shutters in the French QuarterDiego Delso, CC BY-SA3 listings

New Orleans

French Quarter FestivalNew Orleans Wine & Food ExperienceFood tours in New Orleans

Map of Louisiana

Food festivals in Louisiana, month by month

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  5. 1May
  6. 1Jun
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Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, has two cooking traditions of its own: Creole cooking, born in New Orleans, and the Cajun cooking of the rural south-west. Gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice and boiled crawfish are the dishes most visitors come for.

New Orleans is the state’s largest city and the setting of the French Quarter Festival, a free music festival with food booths across the old quarter, set for 8 to 11 April 2027. West of the city, in Cajun country, the small town of Breaux Bridge holds its Crawfish Festival at Parc Hardy: from 30 April to 2 May in 2027. In June, New Orleans hosts the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience, a charity week of tastings and dinners (9 to 13 June 2027).

When to go

Spring is crawfish season in Louisiana, and it is also when the city’s outdoor festivals begin. Summers are long, hot and humid.