Winter festivities in Louisiana light up the season.
Like every season in Louisiana, winter is filled with charming festivals, time-honored traditions and our signature joie de vivre. Start exploring Louisiana's winter festivals and events.
Louisiana Christmas Events
Whether you’re looking for a traditional Christmas celebration or something totally unexpected, you’re sure to find an event that’s perfect for you. The six-week-long Natchitoches Christmas Festival features more than 300,000 glittering lights and decorations, cookies with Santa and a nightly drone and fireworks show. In New Orleans, Celebration in the Oaks offers a walking or driving tour through acres of dazzling lights and festive displays. And Shreveport’s American Rose Center Gardens transforms into a showstopping winter wonderland for Christmas in Roseland.
Cajun Christmas in Louisiana
The Great River Road region between New Orleans and Baton Rouge offers an unusual holiday tradition: Christmas bonfires on the Mississippi River levee. These 20-to-30-foot-high pyramids are set on fire and accompanied with warm beverages, caroling and delicious food.
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Winter Events in Louisiana
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A hunter’s dream, the Cajun Heritage Festival showcases a decoy show and live auction, plus carving…
Mark the beginning of the annual Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival in New Iberia with family fun, live…
Street fair, Fais Do-Do's, Coronation of Queen Sugar, Blessing of the Crop, sugar cookery, photo &…
This terrifying outdoor trail is located on the grounds of the Historic "Hot Sauce House" on Main…
The Semi-Annual Antique Fair & Yard Sale is a highly anticipated antique show in Washington,…
Family oriented food festival in historic downtown New Iberia. Gumbo Cookoff, Roux Run, Youth Gumbo…
The Shadows Arts & Crafts Fair is held in the gardens of Shadows-on-the-Teche twice a year. Over…
Tours of the Joseph Jefferson Home and Rip Van Winkle Gardens decorated for the Holiday Season.
The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. 100,000+ lights have been installed along the parade route,…
Plein air painters will be outdoors in the Shadows-on-the-Teche gardens, along Main Street, on…
Lanexang Village celebrates the Lao New Year every Easter weekend with a three-day festival that…
Various venues will celebrate literature and its impact on the area's culture with storytelling,…