Oktoberfest, zombie paintball and free festivals on tap this weekend

☘️ Parade alert! The Half Way to St. Patrick's Day March is at noon Friday in the French Quarter. (Details)

✊🏼 Gleason Gras is Friday night at Generations Hall. (Tickets)

🧟‍♂️ Zombie paintball starts this weekend at NOLA Motorsports. (Tickets)

• More Halloween events

🍺 Oktoberfest starts Friday at Deutsches Haus. (Schedule)

🎤 $uicideBoy$ are at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday. (Tickets)

💀 The World Oddities Expo is at the convention center. (Tickets)

🎉 Festivals

• Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is in Lafayette Square. Free.
• Gentilly Fest is free.
• Que Pasa Fest in Lafreniere Park.
• Japan Fest outside NOMA.
• Gumbo Festival in Westwego.
• NOLA BugFest in Gentilly. Free.
• New Orleans Tattoo Arts Festival at the convention center.
• Crescent City Chamber Music Festival has free concerts through Oct. 19.

🏈 Football

• Tulane plays East Carolina University at home at 6:30pm Thursday.
• LSU plays South Carolina at 6:45pm Saturday in Baton Rouge for its homecoming game.
• Southern plays Bethune-Cookman University at 2pm Saturday in Florida.
• The Saints play the Patriots in the Dome at noon Sunday.