FRENCH QUARTER FEST TRAFFIC & PARKING IMPACTS
NEW ORLEANS – Today, the City of New Orleans encourages residents to prepare for heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the French Quarter and surrounding areas due to events associated with the 2019 French Quarter Fest, which will take place in New Orleans Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019 through Sunday, Apr. 14, 2019. As always, residents are asked to take precautions while in large crowds and to report suspicious activity to public safety officials.
Associated Events
French Quarter Fest will kick off with a second line parade on Thursday, Apr. 11 at 10 a.m. Before the parade begins or when crowd size warrants, the New Orleans Police Department will close the route to vehicles. Parking will also be restricted along the route two hours before and two hours after parade. The parade will begin at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville Street and will proceed down Bourbon, turn right on St. Peter Street, turn left on Chartres Street, and end in Jackson Square.
Music stages will be open Thursday, Apr. 11, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Friday, Apr. 12, 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, Apr. 13, 11:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.; and Sunday, Apr. 14, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit the festival's website at frenchquarterfest.org.
Traffic Restrictions
Residents and visitors should expect heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the Central Business District, French Quarter, and Marigny throughout the French Quarter Fest events. The New Orleans Police Department will restrict vehicular traffic in and around the French Quarter as follows, and additional intermittent street closures might be required as crowd size warrants. From 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 11 through Sunday, Apr. 14, only residents, employees, hotel guests, and for-hire vehicles will be allowed to enter the French Quarter within the perimeter of Canal Street, Decatur Street, Dumaine Street, and N. Rampart Street. No vehicles will be allowed overnight from 4:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursday through Sunday on Bourbon Street from Canal Street to Dumaine Street and in the 700 and 800 blocks of St. Ann Street, Orleans Avenue, St. Peter Street, Toulouse Street, St. Louis Street, Conti Street, Bienville Street, and Iberville Street.
 Parking Impacts
There will be many designated No-Parking Zones associated with the festival in the French Quarter, including those listed in the map below, which will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. to Midnight Thursday through Sunday.
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