APRIL

SPRING FIESTA in New Orleans for five days (beginning the Friday after Easter).

FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL in New Orleans (2nd weekend).

ZOO-TO-DO FOR KIDS in New Orleans (late April).

NEW ORLEANS JASS AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL in New Orleans (late April early May).

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH FESTIVAL in Marrero

CHEF SOIREE in Covington (2nd Saturday).

ST. TAMMANY WATER SPORTS FESTIVAL in Madisonville.

JAMBALAYA JAMBOREE in Baton Rouge.

ZACHARY SAUSAGE FESTIVAL in Zachary.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL in Gonzales.

CALCASIEU ARTS AND HUMANITIES SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL in Lake Charles.

DE QUINCY RAILROAD DAYS in De Quincy.

OLD LYONS HOUSE SPRING FESTIVAL in Vinton (2nd weekend after Good Friday).

FRENCH ACADIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL in Abbeville (2nd Saturady after Easter).

FIREMAN'S FAIR in Loreauville (2nd weekend).

JEANERETTE CREOLE FESTIVAL in Jeanerette.

MAGNOLIA FESTIVAL in Franklin (4th weekend).

SACRED HEART FUN FEST in Morgan City.

BAYOU CAJUN FOLK FESTIVAL in Thibodaux (2nd Sunday).

ST. IGNATIUS RAINBOW FESTIVAL in Grand Coreau (2nd Sunday).

INTERNATIONAL CAJUN JOKE TELLING CONTEST in Opelousas (3rd weekend, except for Easter, then 4th weekend).

COCHON-DE-LAIT FESTIVAL in Mansura.

OLDE TYME CREOLE FOLK ARTS FAIR in Marksville.

ANNUAL EUNICE FESTIVAL OF ARTS in Eunice.

CAJUN FOOD AND FUN FESTIVAL in Welsh.

THEATRE FEST in Alexandria.

TOM PEYTON MEMORIAL ARTS FESTIVAL in Alexandria.

GRAND PARISH DOGWOOD FESTIVAL in Pollock.

SPRING JUBILEE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL in Natchitoches.

LOUISIANA STATE FIDDLERS CHAMPIONSHIP in Marthaville.

WINN PARISH FOREST FESTIVAL in Winnfield (4th weekend).

ARTBREAK FESTIVAL in Shreveport.

HOLIDAY IN DIXIE in Shreveport and Bossier City, from the 17th to the 26th

DOGWOOD FESTIVAL in Plain Dealing (1st Saturday).

PINEY HILLS KITES AND ARTS FESTIVAL in Ruston.

CRAWFEST in Monroe (2nd weekend).

CATFISH FESTIVAL in Winnsboro.

WEST CARROLL POKE SALAD FESTIVAL in Oak Grove.