Free events in New Orleans

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration: Arco Latino

  Arco Latino

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Music
  • Latin music

  Free Tickets ↗

• Nights out

  —Time not announced

  Ecstatic Disco with DJ Siren

  DJ Siren

  Saturn Bar · St. Roch / Bywater

  • Nights out
  • Disco

  Free Tickets ↗

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Visual arts

  10 AM

  Word & Image: A Poetry Collage Workshop

  Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans · Warehouse District

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Theatre

  11 AM

  The Writers Meetup

  New Marigny Theatre

  • Theatre

  Free Tickets ↗

• Music

  5 PM

  Gretna Festin' 2026 concert night

  Gretna Festin' (downtown Gretna riverfront) · Gretna (Westbank)

  • Music

  Free

• Nights out

  10 PM

  Smooth Ent: Goth & Gangstas

  Poor Boys Bar · Seventh Ward / Tremé

  • Nights out
  • Goth

  Free Tickets ↗

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Cinema

  6 PM

  Anthony Bourdain, Filmmaker

  The Garden District Book Shop

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  JFA presents Abe Thompson Orchestra album release

  Abe Thompson Orchestra

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Music

  Free Tickets ↗

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Gallatin Street Fridays: Barakat

  Barakat

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Music

  Free Tickets ↗

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Music

  5 PM

  Gretna Festin' 2026 concert night

  Gretna Festin' (downtown Gretna riverfront) · Gretna (Westbank)

  • Music

  Free

Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Cabaret

  9:30 PM

  Clown Church at Le Cabaret! Last Sunday of every Month

  Le CaBARet

  • Cabaret

  Free Tickets ↗

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  Code and Codex

  The Garden District Book Shop

  • Literature

  Free Tickets ↗

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• Cinema

  7:30 PM

  KINO: Metropolis

  Deutsches Haus · Mid-City / Bayou St. John

  • Cinema

  Free

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Louisiana Folklife Celebration of Fred J. Johnson Jr.

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Music

  Free Tickets ↗

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Gallatin Street Fridays: The Noah Young Trio

  The Noah Young Trio

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Music

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  6 PM

  Group Miniature Show Closing Reception + live music

  NOLA 'Nacular

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Cabaret

  9 PM

  Red Light Special: A Drag Roulette Drag Show!

  Bourbon O Bar · French Quarter

  • Cabaret

  Free Tickets ↗

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• Nights out

  10 PM

  OPULENCE FRIGHT NIGHT - The Halloween Costume Party

  House of Blues New Orleans · French Quarter

  • Nights out

  Free Tickets ↗

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Cinema

  2 PM

  Quotes from the Road with Robert Mugge

  Robert Mugge

  New Orleans Jazz Museum · French Quarter / Frenchmen Street

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• Cinema

  7:30 PM

  KINO

  Deutsches Haus · Mid-City / Bayou St. John

  • Cinema

  Free

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Visual arts

  6 PM

  Crafting Resistance Exhibition Opening

  John Thompson Legacy Center

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

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