Was ist los in New Orleans (NOLA), Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Carnival and Mardi Gras, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Carnival and Mardi Gras

  6. Jan. – 9. März · meistVollFrüh buchen

  The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter. Rooms in the Quarter and the Garden District are gone six months out. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Carnival and Mardi Gras

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Carnival and Mardi Gras (6. Jan. – 9. März (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Carnival and Mardi Gras, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  St Joseph's Day and Super Sunday

  15.–29. MärzGroßes Festival

  The Mardi Gras Indians come out in the new suits on the night of 19 March and again on the Sunday nearest it, in Central City rather than the Quarter. No route is published; you follow the sound. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Carnival and Mardi Gras (6. Jan. – 9. März (meist))

Hochbetrieb – French Quarter Festival, Jazz Fest

• Festival

  French Quarter Festival

  5.–16. Apr. · meistMusikfestivalVoll

  Four free days of Louisiana music on stages through the Quarter and along the river in early April, before the humidity arrives. Locals rate it above the bigger festival that follows it. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Jazz Fest

  20. Apr. – 5. Mai · meistMusikfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Two long weekends at the Fair Grounds at the turn of April into May, gospel tent and brass bands as much as headliners. The city runs at capacity and the ground turns to mud if it rains. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Jazz Fest

• Risiko

  Formosan termite swarms

  1. Mai – 15. Juni · meistInsekten & Krankheiten

  On warm still evenings in May the Formosan termites fly in clouds thick enough to clear a restaurant patio and coat every lit window in the Quarter. It runs a couple of weeks and everyone kills the porch lights. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Jazz Fest (20. Apr. – 5. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Essence Festival of Culture, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1. Juni – 30. Nov.

  The Gulf coast's exposure peaks from mid-August into September. Most trips are unaffected, but this is the one place where travel insurance and a flexible booking are the sensible default. Quelle ↗

• Risiko

  Summer heat and humidity

  15. Juni – 15. Sep. · meistExtreme Hitze

  The city moves indoors for three months, with an afternoon thunderstorm most days and heat advisories through much of it. Hotel rates are at their lowest for exactly this reason. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Essence Festival of Culture

  28. Juni – 8. Juli · meistMusikfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Four days around the Fourth of July weekend, nightly concerts in the Superdome and free daytime programming at the convention centre. It is the busiest weekend of the New Orleans summer. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Formosan termite swarms (1. Mai – 15. Juni (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Essence Festival of Culture, Independence Day

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Satchmo SummerFest

  1.–2. Aug.Musikfestival

  A free weekend of traditional jazz and brass bands around Armstrong's birthday at the start of August, held in the Quarter and priced for locals. About the only reason to be here in August. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Summer heat and humidity (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Essence Festival of Culture (28. Juni – 8. Juli (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Southern Decadence, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Southern Decadence

  28. Aug. – 8. Sep. · meistPrideVollFrüh buchen

  Labor Day weekend in the lower Quarter, five days of parties ending with the Sunday parade off Bourbon Street. Hotel prices behave like Mardi Gras for a weekend in the worst of the heat. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Summer heat and humidity (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Satchmo SummerFest (1.–2. Aug.)

Hochbetrieb – Southern Decadence, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Summer heat and humidity (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Southern Decadence (28. Aug. – 8. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – Halloween and Krewe of Boo

• Festival

  Halloween and Krewe of Boo

  24.–31. Okt.NationalfeiertagVoll

  The city takes Halloween not far short of how it takes Carnival: a night parade with floats through the Marigny and the Quarter, and Frenchmen Street in costume for the weekend either side. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Halloween and Krewe of Boo (24.–31. Okt.)

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Reveillon dinners

  1.–31. Dez.Weihnachten & Neujahr

  Restaurants run Creole Reveillon menus through December, the oaks on St Charles are lit, and the Quarter is as quiet as it gets. The cheapest month to see the city properly. Quelle ↗