On the streets
19 things that fill streets and curbs, 2 happening now. Tap one for where to park.
11 AM
to 6 PM
Freret Street, Napoleon Avenue to Valmont Street (Uptown)
Route on the map
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Free street festival 11 AM to 6 PM: three stages and 200+ vendors on Freret between Napoleon and Valmont, which is closed to cars. Last year's edition drew roughly 20,000 people.
Source1 PM
to about 8 PM
600 block of Dumaine Street (Voodoo Authentica, 612 Dumaine)
Route on the map
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Free street festival 1 to 7 PM, with a closing ritual at 7 PM, so the crowd likely stays past 7 (end time estimated). Held in the 600 block of Dumaine; expect that block to be hard or impossible to drive.
Source2 PM
to 5 PM
Saenger Theatre
Curbs near the theater fill about an hour before the show.
SourceAbout
4 PM
to 1 AM
Mardi Gras World
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Two-night outdoor electronic music festival at Mardi Gras World with two stages; thousands expected. Set times not published. Start time is an Easy Lane estimate. Location is approximate (Mardi Gras World).
Source6 PM
to 8:30 PM
Smoothie King Center
Garages nearby fill before the start and empty slowly after.
About
6 PM
to 3 AM
Bourbon Street, Canal to Esplanade (French Quarter)
Route on the map
No permit, no closure posted, just packed streets. Park at the edge and walk in.
No permit or official closure has been posted. Bourbon is packed on Halloween night and closed to cars at night. Hours are an Easy Lane estimate.
SourceAbout
7 PM
to 3 AM
Frenchmen Street, Decatur to Dauphine (Marigny)
Route on the map
No permit, no closure posted, just packed streets. Park at the edge and walk in.
No permit or official closure has been posted. Every Halloween night thousands of people in costume fill Frenchmen Street; NOPD expects crowds in and around the Quarter. Hours are an Easy Lane estimate.
SourceAbout
7 PM
to 10 PM
City Park
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Listed on allevents.in. Start time is an Easy Lane estimate. Location is approximate (City Park).
SourceAbout
7:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Orpheum Theater
Curbs near the theater fill about an hour before the show.
Source8:30 PM
to about 10 PM
Frenchmen Street (Marigny)
Streets close along the route. Park well off it and walk in.
Walking krewe parade starting 8:30 PM per The Nola Collective. No route published; end time estimated. Lands on top of the Halloween night Frenchmen crowd.
Source10 PM
to about 1 AM
House of Blues New Orleans
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Listed on allevents.in. End time is estimated. Location is approximate (House of Blues New Orleans).
Source12 PM
to 6 PM
Lafayette Square (Saint Charles Avenue at Camp Street), CBD
Curbs nearby fill early. Park outside the crowd and walk in.
Free festival, noon to 6 PM, hosted by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana.
Source12:30 PM
to 4:30 PM
Uptown
Route on the map
Streets close as it passes and tow trucks follow the route. Park a few blocks off it.
Route read by AI from the WWOZ route sheet and drawn by connecting turns in order; approximate between turns. Routes can shift with the NOPD permit.
Source1 PM
to 4 PM
Saenger Theatre
Curbs near the theater fill about an hour before the show.
Source2 PM
to about 5 PM
Treme: St. Augustine Church (Governor Nicholls at Henriette Delille) to the Backstreet Cultural Museum, 1531 Saint Philip Street
Route on the map
Streets close as it passes and tow trucks follow the route. Park a few blocks off it.
Mass at 2 PM; the procession leaves the church at 3 PM for the Backstreet Cultural Museum and may continue to Congo Square. Route line is the short way between the two; the exact streets are not published. End time estimated.
SourceAbout
4:30 PM
to 6:30 PM
French Quarter, starting from the Governor Nicholls Street Wharf
Streets close as it passes and tow trucks follow the route. Park a few blocks off it.
Follows the HNO tea dance (1 to 4:30 PM) at the Governor Nicholls Street Wharf. Organizers have not published a start time or route; start point and hours are an Easy Lane estimate.
Source6:30 PM
to 9:30 PM
Saenger Theatre
Curbs near the theater fill about an hour before the show.
Source4 PM
to about 8:30 PM
Markey Park (Royal and Piety) to Saint Roch Cemetery No. 1 via Royal, Franklin, Saint Claude, Saint Roch
Route on the map
Streets close along the route. Park well off it and walk in.
Fiesta at Markey Park from 4 PM; procession leaves at 7 PM and takes about 45 minutes (end time estimated). Route line drawn from the published route by connecting turns in order; approximate between turns.
Source7:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Saenger Theatre
Curbs near the theater fill about an hour before the show.
SourceFrom WWOZ's second line schedule and route sheets, City of New Orleans and NOPD bulletins, The Nola Collective, allevents.in, venue schedules, and the nights New Orleans fills up every year without a permit. It updates itself every day. Times marked "about" are our estimate because the organizer didn't post one.
What we did not check: live street closures, where barricades go, changes NOPD makes on the day, and events nobody listed. Posted signs always win.