Louisiana Events This Weekend: October 30–November 1, 2026

25 Louisiana listings have dates that overlap Friday through Sunday, October 30–November 1, 2026. 15 are fairs, festivals, and one-day events, and the other 10 are longer seasons that are open during part of the weekend.

A fall weekend in Louisiana can hold a crop festival, a Cajun fair on the bayou and a neighborhood music party in New Orleans, all within a couple of hours’ drive. October showed the range. The International Rice Festival in Crowley, the Andouille Festival in LaPlace, the Louisiana Oyster Culture Festival in Chalmette and the French Food Festival in Larose were all built around food. Down the bayou, the Bayou Dularge Cajun Fair brought music, dancing and Cajun cooking, and Houma’s Rougarou Fest built a whole weekend around the rougarou legend.

New Orleans filled its October weekends with NOLA Funk Fest, the Tremé Fall Festival, Boo at the Zoo at Audubon Zoo and the Krewe of BOO! Halloween parade. Up north, Shreveport’s Red River Revel spread art and music over two four-day weekends and Ruston’s Blueseum Fest showcased local blues players, and parish fairs such as the Washington Parish Fair in Franklinton and the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair carry the season toward November.

Many listings run for weeks, not days: pumpkin patches, corn mazes and haunted attractions from Bossier City to Tickfaw. Those show their whole season, so look up which days they open. In November the weekends turn to the Giant Omelette Celebration in Abbeville and the start of the Natchitoches Christmas Festival season, December brings the Festival of the Bonfires in Lutcher, and from January to Mardi Gras the parade calendar takes over.

Pick one main stop and a backup nearby, because rain or a parade route can change a Louisiana weekend fast.