Upcoming New Orleans music festivals
Browse upcoming New Orleans festivals including Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Satchmo SummerFest and blues weekends with planning guides.
New Orleans has enough festival depth to plan by season, neighborhood and ticket model
Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival, Satchmo SummerFest and Crescent City Blues & BBQ create very different weekends even within the same city. Compare venue footprint, walking distance, weather and whether admission is free or ticketed.
Qualifying festivals in this collection
- Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival 2026 — 2026-10-09 · Lafayette Square Park · New Orleans, LA · planning guide
Free three-day blues, R&B, barbecue and visual-arts festival in Lafayette Square.
- French Quarter Festival 2027 — 2027-04-08 · French Quarter · New Orleans, LA · planning guide
Free four-day New Orleans celebration of Louisiana music, food and culture across the French Quarter, returning April 8–11, 2027.
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2027 — 2027-04-22 · Fair Grounds Race Course · New Orleans, LA · planning guide
Two-weekend Louisiana music, food, crafts and cultural festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course.
- Satchmo SummerFest 2027 — 2027-07-31 · New Orleans, LA · planning guide
Free two-day New Orleans celebration of Louis Armstrong with live music, talks and local culture, returning July 31–August 1, 2027.
Planning intelligence for this festival collection
0 events currently list camping; 4 explicitly list no onsite camping. 2 publish train, bus, ferry, transit, or shuttle language in current transport notes. 3 track at least one participation path such as vendor, volunteer, staff, media, artist, or sponsor.
Transit and shuttle signals
- Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival 2026 — Lafayette Square is served by the St. Charles Avenue streetcar and Magazine Street bus. Paid garage/street parking is available nearby, subject to city parki…
- French Quarter Festival 2027 — The festival footprint is spread through the French Quarter and riverfront. Build the trip around walking, transit and nearby lodging rather than expecting o…
Participation paths tracked
- French Quarter Festival 2027 — performer, volunteer, vendor, sponsor
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2027 — volunteer, staff, media
- Satchmo SummerFest 2027 — volunteer, performer, sponsor