Nov 21, 2025 - Things to Do
Winter Light Festival opens at Bayou Segnette
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👋 Chelsea here. My family recently visited the Winter Light Festival that's taken over a section of Bayou Segnette State Park through early January.
Zoom in: This isn't a holiday-themed event like Celebration in the Oaks.
- Instead, the Chinese lantern installation includes figures of ducklings, dinosaurs, butterflies, snails and lots of fantastical and folkloric creatures to explore. Plus, there's a short acrobatics show on a tented stage at the center.
- It was a fun way to spend about two hours, and my daughter is still asking to go back to see the dinosaurs.
Pro tip: Bring bug spray. We arrived as the sun set and the mosquitos descended with a vengeance.