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A brightly lit Carnival float rolling at night in New Orleans, 2020

New Orleans · Carnival & festivals · 2026–2035

When New Orleans parties

Mardi Gras and every fixed feast computed for ten years ahead; the big festivals with their usual timing and, once organisers announce them, their real dates.

Next Fat Tuesday

100 days

Tuesday 9 February 2027

Mardi Gras 2027

Next Jazz Fest weekend

172 days

Thursday 22 April 2027

Usual pattern, not yet announced: 22–25 Apr 2027

Photo: Sergey Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons

Coming up

Full calendar →
  1. 1Nov All Saints' Day Sun 2026 · Fixed date
  2. 8Nov Po-Boy Fest Sun 2026 · Announced by organiser
  3. 26Nov–28 Bayou Classic Thu–Sat 2026 · Announced by organiser
  4. 27Nov–1 Jan Celebration in the Oaks Fri–Fri 2026 · Announced by organiser
  5. 1Dec–31 Christmas & Réveillon Tue–Thu 2026 · Fixed date
  6. 11Dec–13 Levee bonfires Festival of the Bonfires, Lutcher Fri–Sun 2026 · Announced by organiser
  7. 24Dec Levee bonfires Thu 2026 · Fixed date
  8. 31Dec New Year's Eve Thu 2026 · Fixed date
  9. 6Jan Twelfth Night Wed 2027 · Fixed date
  10. 15Jan Sugar Bowl Fri 2027 · Announced by organiser

Fixed date calendar-certain · Announced by organiser on the organiser's own site · Usual pattern, not announced what usually happens; we never invent a date.

Mardi Gras, 2026–2035

Why it moves →
202617 Feb42 days of Carnival 20279 Feb34 days of Carnival 202829 Feb54 days of Carnival 202913 Feb38 days of Carnival 20305 Mar58 days of Carnival 203125 Feb50 days of Carnival 203210 Feb35 days of Carnival 20331 Mar54 days of Carnival 203421 Feb46 days of Carnival 20356 Feb31 days of Carnival

The parade week, 2027

If the krewes keep their usual slots (the City Council confirms the line-up each season), Carnival 2027 builds like this:

  1. Wed 3 Feb Alla
  2. Thu 4 Feb Muses, Babylon, Chaos
  3. Fri 5 Feb Hermes, d'Etat, Morpheus
  4. Sat 6 Feb Endymion, Iris, Tucks
  5. Sun 7 Feb Bacchus, Thoth, Okeanos, Mid-City
  6. Mon 8 Feb Orpheus, Proteus
  7. Tue 9 Feb Zulu, Rex

All krewes and routes

The giant Bacchus head float, lit up at night on the parade route
Photo: nola.agent, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Festivals by season

All festivals →
French Quarter FestUsually Thursday to Sunday on the second weekend of April. 2026 was an exception and ran a week… Jazz FestUsually two Thursday-to-Sunday weekends: the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May… Essence FestUsually over the Fourth of July weekend. Whether it stays in New Orleans for 2027 was in doubt … Satchmo SummerFestA Saturday and Sunday at the start of August, ending on the Sunday on or just before Armstrong'… Southern DecadenceLabor Day weekend (the first Monday of September and the days before), with the grand marshals'… Po-Boy FestOne Sunday in late October to mid-November, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Celebration in the OaksNightly from the day after Thanksgiving through 1 January. St. Joseph's & Super SundaySt. Joseph's Day is always 19 March, with most altars open on the 18th and 19th. Uptown Super S…

Plan around the weather

New Orleans is mild from November to April and hot and humid from May to September. Hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November.

Jan64°Feb68°Mar74°Apr80°May87°Jun91°Jul93°Aug92°Sep89°Oct82°Nov73°Dec67°

Average daily high, °F. TerraClimate 1991–2020.

Weather by month What's on during my trip?

St. Louis Cathedral and the Andrew Jackson statue in Jackson Square under a blue sky
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