Louisiana FestivalsLooking for top-notch, inexpensive family entertainment, great food, a beautiful outdoor experience and some of the best music in the world?
Mardi GrasMark Twain once wrote that a traveler "... has not see the United States until he has see Mardi Gras in New Orleans."
EventsOur festivals and events are living illustrations of Louisiana's unique culture. If you can grow it, hunt it, eat it or dance to it, we celebrate it.
With the help of the Louisiana tourism industry we have doing our own part to fuel our American Idol this season. Each week we send delicious Louisiana cuisine to Los Angeles to nourish Westlake native Joshua Ledet before his weekly performance.
I often talk about Louisiana's rich culture and heritage. Our culture runs deep and when Louisianians have to leave our state—for any reason—they miss the special Louisiana life.
This Memorial Day weekend marks the second Bayou Country Superfest. Tens of thousands of people from all over the nation will come to our capital city, Baton Rouge, to hear the biggest names in country music.