French Market (OUTDOORS)
The French Market is open 10am – 5pm daily, featuring vendors and our Farmers Market with eateries and café style seating.
Since 1791, the historic French Market has remained an enduring symbol of pride and progress for the people of New Orleans. In over 200 years of existence, the Market has been built, destroyed, and rebuilt many times over, but what remains unchanged is the Market’s central spirit of commerce, community, and culture that is irresistible to visitors from near and far.
Upcoming Shows
10:30am-5pm | June 6th & 7th, 2026 : 40th Annual Creole Tomato Festival!
Featuring creole tomato food booths, live music at the French Market and in Dutch Alley, creole tomatoes for sale, free activities for the entire family, free dance lessons, tomato eating contests, and the Miss Creole Tomato Pageant.
Saturday, June 6th Entertainment Lineup
10:30am: Ripe & Ready Second Line featuring a live Jazz Band and The Baby Dolls
*The Second Line will form at Oscar Dunn Park, 700 Decatur Street across from Jackson Square, and walk to the French Market festival location.
Bon Temps Stage (at the French Market Flea Market)
11am-12pm: National Park Service Arrowhead Jazz Band
12-12:30pm: Best of the Fest Food Awards
12:30-1:30pm: T-Ray & The Trendsetters
1:30-2pm: Tomato Eating Contest
2-3pm: Brass-A-Holics
3-3:30pm: Black Masking Indians
3:30-5pm: Amanda Shaw
Americas Stage (Indoors at 916 N. Peters in Dutch Alley at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park)
11am-12pm: Papa y Son Mandao - Cuba
12:20-1:20pm: Geovane Santos Band - Brazil
1:40-2:40pm: Julio & Cesar - Guatemala
3-4pm: Cristina Kaminis Band - Mexico
Blue Plate Mayo Cafe (Oscar Dunn Park - 700 Block of Decatur St.)
11am-4pm: Goodtime DJ
Cultural Connection (In Dutch Alley - 900 Block of N. Peters St.)
11am-4pm: DJ Cueball
French Market Dance Lesson Tent
2-5pm: KWL Steppers
Southern Food & Beverage Museum Cooking Demonstration Stage
11am: Michelle Burton - Cupcake Fairies
12:30pm: Liz Williams
2pm: Chef Dee LaVigne - Delightful Roux School of Cooking
3:30pm: Chef Kaitlin Guerin - Lagniappe Baking Company
Free & Open to the Public
