Open a season to see every Thursday-to-Sunday weekend: the real rate, what’s still open, and the events worth planning around.
The honest guidance: the classics — Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Halloween — book out closer to a year ahead, and the weekends either side of them are the sleepers: same city, easier rates. Summer is pool season at the year’s friendliest prices, and December dresses the whole town up for less than you’d think.
July 2026Essence Fest & river fireworks
Highs 92 · Lows 76
✶Tales of the Cocktailthe quarter · 10 min
The bar industry’s holiday week, drink accordingly.
Jul 30 – Aug 2
One villa leftFrom $41
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August 2026White Linen Night & Satchmo
Highs 92 · Lows 76
✶White Linen Nightwarehouse district · 12 min
✶Satchmo SummerFestthe quarter · 10 min
Galleries by dusk, brass by dark, pool by noon.
Highs 92 · Lows 76
✶Red Dress Runthe quarter · 10 min
The year’s friendliest rates, honestly.
From $35
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September 2026Decadence & Saints kickoff
Highs 90 · Lows 74
✶Southern Decadencethe quarter · 10 min
Labor Day weekend, the Quarter at full volume.
Highs 87 · Lows 71
✶Saints home gamethe dome · 15 min
✶Fried Chicken Festlakefront · 15 min
The Dome wakes up; the heat finally blinks.
October 2026Halloween & Krewe of Boo
Highs 82 · Lows 64
✶Saints home gamethe dome · 15 min
✶Art for Art's Sakemagazine st · 15 min
The heat breaks; the pool still says summer.
Highs 81 · Lows 62
✶Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festlafayette sq · 10 min
Brass and brisket, ten minutes up the road.
From $106
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Highs 79 · Lows 60
✶New Orleans Film Festivalcitywide
✶Wine nights at Bacchanala walk from your gate
A quiet one, the city mostly to yourselves.
From $91
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Highs 78 · Lows 59
✶Krewe of Boo paradethe quarter · 10 min
The costumes come out a week early.
From $125
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Oct 29 – Nov 1
Two villas leftHighs 76 · Lows 57
✶Halloween on Frenchmen Stthrough the marigny
Frenchmen on Halloween is the show. You live down the road.
From $81
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November 2026Bayou Classic & gumbo season
Highs 73 · Lows 55
✶Oak Street Po-Boy Festivaloak st · 25 min
✶Saints home gamethe dome · 15 min
Sweater weather, fried shrimp, football on.
Highs 71 · Lows 53
✶Treme Creole Gumbo Festivalarmstrong park · 10 min
Gumbo season, officially.
From $107
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Highs 70 · Lows 52
✶Bayou Classic. Grambling vs. Southernthe dome · 15 min
✶Celebration in the Oaks openscity park · 15 min
Thanksgiving for thirty, then the battle of the bands.
From $79
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December 2026Réveillon & New Year’s
Highs 66 · Lows 49
✶Luna Fête light installationslafayette sq · 10 min
✶Réveillon menus begincitywide
Gas lanterns, garlands, the hot tub earning its keep.
From $91
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Highs 65 · Lows 48
✶Running of the Santaswarehouse district · 12 min
A thousand Santas; three hot tubs after.
From $48
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Highs 64 · Lows 47
✶Caroling in Jackson Squarethe quarter · 10 min
The city at its most golden.
From $30
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From $97
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Dec 31 – Jan 3
All three openHighs 62 · Lows 46
✶Fireworks over the rivercrescent park · down the block
✶Sugar Bowlthe dome · 15 min
The river fireworks are practically a house amenity.
From $139
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January 2027Carnival begins
Highs 62 · Lows 45
✶King cake season opensevery bakery in town
Twelfth Night just past, the season starts.
From $65
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Highs 61 · Lows 44
✶The quiet build to Carnivalkrewes at work citywide
The calm before Carnival, and January rates.
From $108
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Highs 62 · Lows 45
✶Krewe of Chewbacchusrolls through the marigny · next door
✶Krewe du Vieuxstarts in the marigny · next door
Chewbacchus weekend — the full taste of Carnival New Orleans, at January rates. The insider pick.
From $64
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Highs 63 · Lows 46
✶Night parades. Cleopatra, Sparta, Femme Fatalest. charles · 15 min
The season's secret: real parades, no crowds yet.
From $120
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February 2027Mardi Gras
Highs 64 · Lows 47
✶The superkrewes. Endymion, Bacchusst. charles · 15 min
✶Red Beans parade & Fat Tuesdaylundi gras, right through the bywater
The big show, the whole city out.
From $222
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Highs 64 · Lows 47
The city exhales; the rates do too.
From $111
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From $70
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Highs 66 · Lows 49
Oysters at their best, reservations at their easiest.
From $95
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March 2027St. Patrick’s & Super Sunday
From $78
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Highs 72 · Lows 54
✶Irish Channel St. Patrick's paradeirish channel · 15 min
Cabbage from a float, bring a bag.
From $99
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Highs 73 · Lows 56
✶Hogs for the Causelakefront · 15 min
✶Super Sunday. Mardi Gras Indianscentral city · 12 min
Barbecue for a cause; suits on Super Sunday.
From $122
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Highs 74 · Lows 57
Literary New Orleans, at full Stella.
From $96
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April 2027French Quarter Fest & Jazz Fest
Highs 78 · Lows 60
✶Easter parades & bonnetsthe quarter · 10 min
Bonnets on the avenue, spring at full tilt.
From $114
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Highs 79 · Lows 61
✶French Quarter Festthe quarter · 10 min
The Quarter becomes one long free festival.
From $130
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Highs 80 · Lows 62
✶Crawfish at their peaka boil on your turf lawn
Between festivals, the boil weekend.
From $83
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Highs 81 · Lows 63
✶Jazz Fest, weekend onefairgrounds · 10 min
Jazz Fest, weekend one. Plan the naps.
From $130
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Apr 29 – May 2
All three openHighs 82 · Lows 64
✶Jazz Fest, weekend twofairgrounds · 10 min
✶The club nights betweenfrenchmen st · through the marigny
Weekend two, and the best club bookings of the year.
From $117
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May 2027Crawfish season
Highs 84 · Lows 66
✶Mother's Day second linefollow the brass
Bring the mothers; the boil pot's still on.
From $72
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Highs 85 · Lows 67
✶Bayou Boogaloobayou st. john · 12 min
Festival season's neighborhood encore.
From $136
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Highs 86 · Lows 68
The last soft weekend before summer.
From $76
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From $85
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June 2027Pool season proper
Highs 89 · Lows 73
The pool earns its keep by nine a.m.
From $59
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From $66
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Highs 90 · Lows 74
Summer rates, full pool, easy tables.
From $74
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From $58
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July 2027Essence Fest & river fireworks
Highs 91 · Lows 75
✶Essence Festivalthe dome · 15 min
✶Go 4th on the River fireworkscrescent park · down the block
Fireworks over the river, practically the backyard.
From $108
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From $53
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Thursday to Sunday, three nights, priced per villa. Rates refresh with every site update; availability is confirmed live at checkout. Book direct and it’s the lowest rate anywhere, guaranteed.
