DOWNTOWN EVENTS

Holiday Lighting Ceremony at Canal Place

Canal Place Plaza | Entrance at foot of Canal Street 333 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

The Downtown Development District along with Santa, city officials and downtown business leaders invite everyone to join us at Canal Place as we officially kick off the holiday season with...

Bayou Classic Thanksgiving Day Parade

Caesars Superdome 1500 Sugar Bowl Dr., New Orleans, LA, United States

This annual parade will roll through Downtown on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate the holiday and mark the start of this year’s Bayou Classic weekend. Make Downtown a part of your...

Free

Holiday Tea at Le Salon

Le Salon at Windsor Court 300 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

If you’re looking to truly experience the seasonal grandeur, there’s no better time than during the traditional pastime of Holiday Tea in Le Salon at Windsor Court. Don’t miss this...

$55 – $80

Réveillon Dinners

Multiple Locations

The Creoles, some of the city’s earliest inhabitants, celebrated the start of Christmas in the early 1800s with a big family meal when they returned home from midnight mass. Today...

Event Series Movies With Santa

Movies With Santa

Canal Place 333 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Prytania Theatres at Canal Place is hosting Movies with Santa every Saturday during the holiday, starting November 25. Tickets are only $10 per person and include the movie, popcorn and...

$10

50th Annual Bayou Classic

Caesars Superdome 1500 Sugar Bowl Dr., New Orleans, LA, United States

For the 50th year, the Bayou Classic Football Game between Grambling State University and Southern University will be held at Caesars Superdome in Downtown New Orleans. Multiple events will be...

$20 – $150

Roosevelt New Orleans Lobby Lighting

The Roosevelt New Orleans 130 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans, LA, United States

The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, will once again capture the essence of the holidays with the long-awaited lighting of the Waldorf Wonderland in the hotel’s lobby. Sparing...

Free