Four blocks in the French Market will be lined with dozens of America's best hometown eats from New Orleans and all of Louisiana as well as from all across America, each offering a unique specialty. This is NOT typical and expected festival fare: it is a taste of America's most celebrated dishes, all gathered in one place: a foodie's dream. Portions are right-sized and priced to provide everyone a chance to taste the maximum number of great regional eats as they stroll through the French Market inhaling delicious smells that range from real Texas pit barbecue to Pecan Pie to artisan boudin sausage made by Cajun country's most beloved butchers. There is no admission fee; just bring plenty of appetite!

Cooking Demonstrations

Live Music

In the adventuresome spirit of the weekend's FoodFest, it will bring the best sweets from all over the country to New Orleans (and, of course, include local greats, too!), giving guests an unprecedented opportunity to sample, compare, and contrast regional taste in all those things that ring the chimes of a sweet tooth. Included among the goodies will be key lime pie from Key West, Moonshine cake from Virginia, Whoopie pies from Maine, "apple pie in a paper bag" from Wisconsin, the ultimate turtles from Massachusetts, the city's best pralines, smores, and plenty of beverages like egg creams, and coffee cabinets. Ticket price includes drinks provided by our sponsors: featured cocktails by Fuzzy's Premium Vodka and Specialty Beers & Wines from Southern Eagle Presented in part by our sponsors Swerve Natural Sweetener. The (non-edible) highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the Roadfood Blue Plate Award to a chef who has made a unique contribution to America's regional food.

Tickets are limited, you can order them directly from Roadfood.com

An intimate, ticketed event for 200 people, the Crawfish boil will be a traditional fais-do-do just outside the city in the Cajun countryside. It will feature endless crawfish (at the peak of their season), a whole-hog cochon de lait barbecue, and live music for dancing and for joining in with washboard and spoon and tamborines!

Tickets are limited, you can order them directly from Roadfood.com

The ultimate French Quarter eating competition! The New Orleans Fire Department will field a team of its top eaters to determine which of them can eat the most beignets in the least amount of time. Whereas normal eaters consume the city's beloved silky fritters in lots of two or three along with cafe au lait, in this fast-paced contest, the men in uniform devour them by the dozen, and the powdered sugar flies! The winning team takes home the World Champion Beignet Eating Belt. And this year, for the first time, the contest will feature an open competition for all who have the appetite and courage to compete in the Beignet Big League.