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Volunteers Needed for Creole Tomato Fest

May 27, 2019

CALLING VOLUNTEERS! The Creole Tomato Festival is looking for volunteers to help with this year's event.Sign up here

French Market Annual Tree Lighting

November 14, 2016

Thursday November 17, 2016, The French Market Corporation hosts its annual tree lighting at Washington Artillery Park, across from Jackson Square. The lighting is the first event on the Christmas New Orleans Style calendar, ushering in the holiday season in New Orleans. The evening begins with a musical performance of jazz holiday music by the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Centennial Band at 5:00 p.m. At 5:45 p.m., civic leaders will speak and the tree will be lit at 6:00 p.m.