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.
Learn more about Christmas Eve bonfires
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Winter Events in Louisiana
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This terrifying outdoor trail is located on the grounds of the Historic "Hot Sauce House" on Main…
A family fun day with live music, cooking competition, cornhole tournament, arts and craft vendors…
Series of theatrical presentations beginning at 2 p.m. on selected balconies along New Iberia's…
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,…
Family style Mardi Gras Celebration on the banks of the Bayou Teche on Historic Main Street New…
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,…
Celebrating New Iberia's Spanish roots with "Dave Robicheaux Running of the Bulls" 5K race, re…
Classic and muscle cars cruise into the HOT side of Louisiana's Cajun Country to experience the…