New Year’s Eve Activities for Families…
New Year’s Eve is not just for grownups – not even in New Orleans. Here are some fun ways to say “bienvenue” (welcome) to 2025 in NOLA with your little ones. If you play it right, you can have a great day with the kids and still get home in time to pick up the babysitter and go out on the town.
Christmas Eve Bonfire Adventure
Gray Line New Orleans offers lots of holiday fun, including two ways to see the Christmas Eve bonfires that light the levee to guide Papa Noel. Learn more.
Noon Year’s Eve at Louisiana Children’s Museum
With this countdown ’til noon event at the Louisiana Children’s Museum in City Park, kids who can’t stay up until midnight don’t have to miss the fun.
End the New Year with a Mardi Gras-style parade in the French Quarter. The Allstate Sugar Bowl New Year’s Eve Parade begins at the intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue and Decatur Street at 2 p.m. (time subject to change).
If you have children old enough to stay up until midnight, find yourself a spot along the riverfront from the New Orlean Hilton Riverside to Crescent Park.
View A Kid’s Guide to Mardi Gras
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