You want fall color? Come to the most colorful city in America–New Orleans. Along with Halloween fun in the French Quarter, here’s a sampling of what’s up this October. Click on the links below to learn more.
National Fried Chicken Fest, October 5 & 6
Get your fried chicken fix and all the fixins at National Fried Chicken Fest on
Lake Pontchartrain. Along with chicken of all kinds, they'll be plenty of music. Start practicing your Little
Chicken Dance!
Oktoberfest, October 11&12,
18&19 & 25&26
Enjoy three weekends of oompah music, brats, schnitzel and German beer on Bayou
St. John! Sponsored by the Deutches Haus of New Orleans.
Gentilly Fest, October 11-13
Come to Gentilly's Pontchartrain Park for live music, great food, arts &
crafts and Kids' Village activities. Learn more.
Ghost Tours, All October
Tour the “Most Haunted City in America” with a guide who knows who’s buried
where and who refuses to stay dead!
Crescent City Blues & BBQ
Festival, October 11-13
Get the blues in this yearly celebration in Lafayette Square Park featuring
great music and barbecue. Come hungry. All the best meat smokers and barbecue restaurants in the region will be
there.
Fall Food Lab Experiences at Tiki Farm, Select Dates
Suis Generis, one of our favorite restaurants in the Bywater, has several events on their fall
schedule at Tiki Farm
in Pearlington, Mississippi. Don’t miss Microbial Magic: Foods for the
Microbiome (starting October 12), Organic Living Festival (starting
October 20), and Barbecue Techniques Around the World (starting October 26). Learn more.
Witches Luncheon at Tujague’s, Oct. 25
Crawl, creep or take your broomstick over to Decatur Street for a Witches
Lunch featuring a 3-course menu and Spooky Specialty
Cocktails. See
menu. Available 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Witches and Warlocks Lunch at ANNUNCIATION Restaurant,
Oct. 26
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ANNUNCIATION will be serving up a 3-course pre-fixe menu
featuring food, frights and libations for just $49 per person. Book through RESY or call 504-568-0245.
Witches Walk Ladies Luncheon at Houmas House, Oct.
26
This October, fly your broom up to Ascension Parish for the Second Annual
Witches Walk Ladies Luncheon at Houmas House. Highlights in include a spooky cocktail at Dixie Café, a group
walk on the path along the Great Lawn, and a Special Halloween Lunch at the Carriage House. Learn more.
Boo at the Zoo, October 26, 27 &
28
This Halloween event at the Audubon Zoo is a safe, fun Halloween party perfect
for kids up to age 12. You can trick-or-treat, ride the Ghost Train, tour a haunted house and more.
Treme Fall Fest, October
26
Come celebrate the food, music, art, history and culture of the oldest black
neighborhood in the U.S.
Krewe of Boo, October 19
New Orleans’ official New Orleans Halloween parade is a spooktacular event. Come
yell “throw me something, Monster” as all your favorite ghouls roll by. View the parade route at www.kreweofboo.com.