New Orleans

Population 383,997 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 10 h 14 in Dec, dark by 16:02 · 14 h 04 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 26 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 09 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 58 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 54 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 39 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 04 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 54 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 14 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 22 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 28 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 39 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 14 of daylight
Tourist office · 1.2 km New Orleans Visitors Center

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

    April – May

    Also known as Jazz Fest. Held the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May every year at the New Orleans Fairgrounds, F-Su 11AM-7PM. It is second only to Mardi Gras for importance and size for New Orleans.

    Official site

  2. Essence Festival

    July

    Big music festival in the Superdome and Convention Center in early July featuring top R&B, Gospel, and Hip-Hop artists, and a general celebration of contemporary African-American music and culture

    Official site

  3. Satchmo Summer Festival

    August

    First held in 2001 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of New Orleans jazz legend Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong.

    Official site

3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (New Orleans); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Farmers Market Pavilion

    1. Monday: 10:00–18:00
    2. Tuesday: 10:00–18:00
    3. Wednesday: 10:00–18:00
    4. Thursday: 10:00–18:00
    5. Friday: 10:00–18:00
    6. Saturday: 10:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: 10:00–18:00

    10:00–18:00

    1.9 km from the centre

  • Flea Market

    1. Monday: 10:00–17:00
    2. Tuesday: 10:00–17:00
    3. Wednesday: 10:00–17:00
    4. Thursday: 10:00–17:00
    5. Friday: 10:00–17:00
    6. Saturday: 10:00–17:00
    7. Sunday: 10:00–17:00

    10:00–17:00

    2.0 km from the centre

  • Mask Market

    Open-air

    always the weekend before Mardi Gras

    No hours mapped

    1.7 km from the centre
  • French Market

    French Market

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 13 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: New Orleans 850 m

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.