{"id":3123,"date":"2011-09-28T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/halloween-takes-on-mardi-gras-spirit-in-new-orleans\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T08:47:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:47:44","slug":"halloween-takes-on-mardi-gras-spirit-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/halloween-takes-on-mardi-gras-spirit-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Takes on Mardi Gras Spirit in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/flights\/mardi-gras\">Mardi Gras<\/a> is still New Orleans\u2019 favorite holiday, it\u2019s clear that Halloween is quickly growing in favor among Big Easy revelers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though it\u2019s tough for any day to match the Fat Tuesday celebration in sheer size and fame, Halloween in New Orleans is becoming quite a tradition on its own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From a huge music festival to dozens of haunted attractions to Mardi Gras-style parades, the holiday has taken on a distinct Big Easy feel in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year visitors arriving on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/new-orleans-msy-louisiana-deals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flights to New Orleans<\/a><\/strong> can expect the city to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/flights\/halloween\">Halloween<\/a> to even greater heights. With Halloween falling on a Monday, visitors can expect a full weekend full of spooky activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Voodoo Music Experience, an annual music festival that coincides with Halloween weekend, is expected to draw a crowd of 80,000 from October 28-30.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the 31st, a huge parade will feature intricate costumes and plenty of beads. Meanwhile, the city will continue to run its famous Haunted New Orleans tours throughout the French Quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Families can join in the celebration with a trip to the Audubon Zoo where <em>Boo at the Zoo<\/em> events will run on October 21, 22, 28, and 29.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/44690838\/ns\/travel-seasonal_travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSNBC<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/infrogmation\/4064917340\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">infrogmation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though Mardi Gras is still New Orleans\u2019 favorite holiday, it\u2019s clear that Halloween is quickly growing in favor among Big Easy revelers. &nbsp; Though it\u2019s tough for any day to match the Fat Tuesday celebration in sheer size and fame, Halloween in New Orleans is becoming quite a tradition on its own. &nbsp; From a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips-intel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98908001,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions\/98908001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}