Your weekend guide: Crawfish, concerts and festivals
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It's a packed weekend in New Orleans, with festivals, concerts and crawfish boils across the region.
🐇 Easter festivities: The Easter Bunny makes appearances across the region this weekend. Plus, there are several egg hunts and crawfish boils.
- Be on the lookout for "Kreeps" aka creepy Peeps sculptures from the Krewe of Krampus.
- We're also nearing the end of Lenten fish fries, so get your Friday fish plates before they're gone.
🍝 World's largest pasta bowl: The Italian American St. Joseph Society hosts its annual pasta party at 11am Friday at the Hilton Riverside.
🎭 New Orleans Opera Festival: The inaugural event continues through Sunday.
🦞 Louisiana Crawfish Festival: Head to Chalmette for mudbugs, music and carnival rides.
🍻 Cheers! NOLA Brewing and Urban South have parties this weekend to celebrate their 17th and 10th anniversaries, respectively.
🤣 Nate Bargatze: The comedian brings his "Big Dumb Eyes" tour to the Smoothie King Center on Friday.
⛸️ Disney on Ice: Watch Mickey and his friends at UNO Lakefront Arena all weekend.
🇮🇹 St. Joseph's Day Parade: The country's largest St. Joseph's procession makes its way through the French Quarter on Saturday on a new route.
- Also new this year: Custom lemon throws.
🎉 Mud Fest: The Louisiana Children's Museum hosts the dirtiest fest of the year on Saturday.
🎤 Journey: The band is at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday.
📚 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival: The 40th anniversary events run through the weekend.
🌈 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival: The Tennessee Williams Fest also hosts this LGBTQ+ focused event.
🎶 Congo Square Rhythms Festival: A free celebration showcasing the music, food and dance that made this city famous.
🎣 Big Bass Fishing Rodeo: Held at City Park on Saturday, it's the oldest freshwater rodeo in the country. The free Fishtival has music, exhibits and kid-friendly activities.
🪕 Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival: Music, banjo clinics and guest lectures at the U.S. Mint and other venues.
🤩 Downtown Super Sunday: Party with the Black Masking Indians as they walk from Bayou St. John to Hardin Park.