How to celebrate Fourth of July in New Orleans
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It's Fourth of July and New Orleans has several ways for you to celebrate.
Zoom in: Nationwide, the U.S. is celebrating its 250th birthday, so expect a little more fanfare at this year's events.
Here's what's happening for Fourth of July in New Orleans:
🥳 The Uncle Sam Jam is scheduled for Friday in Lafreniere Park. The free annual festival has Wilson Phillips topping the lineup, plus fireworks. Details.
🎶 New Orleans City Park has a Friday festival with the Marine Forces Reserve Rock Band, food vendors and fireworks over the Peristyle at 9pm. Details.
🧐 Port Orleans has a hot dog eating contest, live music and, um, a hot dog swinging contest Friday. Details.
⚓️ Dirty Coast hosts a "Summer Get Together" at the Broadside at 5pm Saturday. Tickets are $15 with music by Where Y'acht. Details.
🎉 St. Charles Parish hosts its annual Independence Day Celebration at West Bank Bridge Park on Saturday.
🎵 The Ogden Museum hosts the New Orleans Concert Band on Saturday afternoon. Details.
🇺🇸 The National WWII Museum has celebratory events all day Saturday plus a fireworks viewing party Saturday evening at Rosie's on the Roof.
🪩 The Virgin Hotel has a rooftop party Saturday afternoon. Details.
🐙 Bring your own pool (yes, really) to Gnarly Barley's Hammond brewery for an all-day, all-ages July Fourth party Saturday.
🌭 Celebrate freedom by eating the most hot dogs in 10 minutes in Dat Dog's hot dog eating contest Saturday. You could win $500.
✨ If you prefer your glizzy a little more glitzy, the Nell Shell is doing caviar hot dogs at the Batture on Saturday.
🍷 Bacchanal hosts a backyard barbecue on Saturday.
🎇 Watch fireworks on the lakefront in Mandeville with live music on Saturday at Light Up the Lake.
🎆 Go 4th on the River returns to the Mississippi Riverfront. The free fireworks display begins at 9pm on the river between the French Quarter and Algiers Point.
- While you can watch the fireworks from just about anywhere along the East and West Banks of New Orleans, there are a few pay-to-play viewing parties. Tujaque's and the Hilton Riverside have parties, and so do the Creole Queen and Steamboat Natchez.