Art Festivals
Art and New Orleans are inspired bedfellows. Consider: It took a visit to New Orleans to jumpstart Edgar Degas’ career and Tennessee Williams channeled true desire here thanks to a certain streetcar. A city that celebrates dancing to a different drummer, New Orleans salutes the performing, visual and avant-garde art scene with festivals and special openings. The Warehouse Arts District is awash in white attire during White Linen Night, a gallery hopping, cocktail sipping meander the first Saturday of August. A week later it’s Dirty Linen Night along Royal Street, a lampooning parade of frocks and suits spotted and mussed, with dirty martinis and dirty rice on the side. Come October, Art for Arts’ Sake throws open the doors of galleries on Julia and Magazine streets, featuring live music and contemporary art.
Art Festivals Not to Miss
White Linen Night
In the years before air conditioning in homes and vehicles, New Orleanians did a number of things to lessen the effects of the summer heat. One of them was wearing white linen clothing. Men wore white suits…
Art for Arts' Sake
Join more than 30,000 art lovers at one of the most chic street parties ever, held each fall at Art for Arts’ Sake. With hundreds of fabulous galleries and shops open on Julia Street, the historic Warehouse…
Dirty Linen Night
Someone had to think of it sooner or later and, sure enough, someone did. Royal Street jeweler Linda Sampson is credited with coming up with the name for a new event to promote the art galleries…
Algiers Folk Festival
On Saturday, Nov. 4 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Algiers Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum will host the sixth annual Algiers Folk Art Festival. A showcase of regional folk art, the free event will…
LUNA Fête
As one of New Orleans’s most unique festivals, LUNA Fête connects the local community to contemporary art. LUNA Fête (which stands for Light Up NOLA Arts) blends New Orleans’ historic…