Planning a trip to New Orleans? There’s always something going on in the Big Easy! Check out NOLA’s upcoming events for Spring/Summer 2012 and begin booking your vacation!

April 2012

1, 3-8 & 10-15 – Disney’s The Lion King at Mahalia Jackson
1, 5-8 & 12-15: Southern Rep Theater: A Streetcar Named Desire
2 – NCAA Men’s Final Four
4, 11, 18 & 25 – Wednesday at the Square
5 – Freret Street Festival
7 – Crescent City Classic
8 – Goodchildren Easter Parade
12-15 – French Quarter Festival
17-23 – NOLA Navy Week
19 – LA Philharmonic Mozart Requiem
21- Complexions Contemporary Ballet at Mahalia Jackson
21-22 – Blue Angels Airshow
22 – Ironman Triathlon
23-29 – Zurich Classic Golf Tournament
27 & 29 – New Orleans Opera: Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana
27-29 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

May 2012

TBA – Chaz Fest
2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 – Wednesday at the Square
3-6 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
2-4 – WCEF
4 – Whitney Zoo-To-Do
5 – Cinco de Mayo
6 – Mother’s Day
9-13, 17-20 & 24-27 – Southern Rep Theater: Shirley Valentine
10 – LA Philharmonic Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
12 – The Joffrey Ballet at Mahalia Jackson
18-20 – Bayou Boogaloo
19 – LA Philharmonic Mahler Symphony No. 9
20 – LA Philharmonic The Music of Led Zeppelin
22-27 – New Orleans Food and Wine Experience
25-27 – Greek Festival
28 – Memorial Day

June 2012

1-3 – Back to the Beach
6 & 13 – Wednesday at the Square
8-10 – Vieux To Do
9-10 – French Market Tomato Festival
9-10 – LA Cajun-Zydeco Festival
17 – Father’s Day
22-24 – FestiGals

July 2012

4 – Independence Day French Quarter Fireworks
6-8 – Essence Music Festival
13-15 – San Fermin in Nueva Orleans
TBA – French Film Festival
14 – Running of the Bulls
14 – Bastille Day
24-29 – Tales of the Cocktail

August 2012

August – COOLinary New Orleans
2-5 – Satchmo Summer Fest
4 – White Linen Night
11 – Dirty Linen Night
11 – Red Dress Run
25 – Krewe of Oak Mid-Summer Mardi Gras Parade
29- Sept 3 – Southern Decadence