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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A family fun day with live music, cooking competition, cornhole tournament, arts and craft vendors…
Join us for the ultimate celebration of Louisiana Creole culture at the NOLA Zydeco Fest on The…
This festival celebrates a very special Louisiana dessert, the Cajun Sweet Dough Pie. Every chef…
The Festival of Words is held in Grand Coteau. Celebrate the written word with open mics throughout…
Tours of the Joseph Jefferson Home and Rip Van Winkle Gardens decorated for the Holiday Season.
Come enjoy a day of Christmas activities at the Merryville Museum! Gumbo, hot chocolate, funnel…
The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. 100,000+ lights have been installed along the parade route,…
Annual Mardi Gras parade with lots of floats, bands, dance groups, Mardi Gras royalty, Grand…
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…