LOUISIANA FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

The latest fair and festival news from New Orleans and Louisiana

Tales of the Cocktail, a cocktail and culinary festival celebrating the history and culture of dining and the cocktail in New Orleans, has chosen The Roosevelt New Orleans as the site of the July 8, 2009, opening-night reception for its seventh anniversary event.

Tales of the Cocktail runs through July 12, 2009.

On Dec. 5, 1933, Dewar's became one of the first liquors to be served legally in the country. On Dec. 5, 2007, the brand will commemorate this significant time in U.S. history by kicking off the 75th anniversary year of "Repeal Day."

Songfest Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce the first ever New Orleans Songwriters Festival. The event also, also known as "Songfest," is being sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which has been representing songwriters, composers and publishers since its inception in 1914.

View images from the St. Andrew's Day festival at Bacchanal in the Bywater from Saturday, November 29, 2008 »

A photo from the 'Lives Remembered' exhibit.

Children ages 9 to 12 on Saturday can attend a National World War II Museum photography workshop, being held in conjunction with the exhibit, "Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Small Town in Poland, 1897-1939." Participants receive a guided tour of the exhibit and learn the basics of photography.

archive photoMr. Bingle is a popular Celebration in the Oaks attraction.

It's the last few days of November and just about that time to start thinking about Christmas. You know what that means! It means Christmas festivals, family reunions, and amazing holiday foods.

Make sure to bring the family to all of the upcoming festivals. Each of them have activities just for children, and live nightly entertainment.

Also, these festivals could be your fun getaway after the busiest shopping day of the year! So take some needed time off and go out in festival style.

St. Andrew was the first apostle and is the patron saint of Greece, Scotland, and Russia. His feast day Andrzejki (pronounced an-dzey-ki) is also the biggest party day of the year in neighboring Poland, celebrated on the night of the 29th through 30th of November.

Traditionally, the holiday was only observed by young single girls, though today both young men and women join the party to see their futures - and to drink enough to forget the present at the moment as well!