How to Spend 3 Days in New Orleans over New Years, New Orleans, Louisiana

Three days in New Orleans over New Years was so much fun, with everything from jazz, street parades, swamp tours and fireworks, New Orleans has it all!

I visited New Orleans for the first time for 3 days over New Years 2023. I was expecting huge crowds partying in the streets, which we did see, but it had nothing to do with NYE and everything to do with football!

Our visit coincided with the 90th annual Sugar Bowl - the college football semifinal playoffs…. and wow! I have never seen anything like it! A huge street parade akin to what I would expect to see at Mardi Gras, was a highlight. What an experience!

The Sugar Bowl parade was a bonus, there was so much more that we saw and did in the 3 days we were there.

We stayed in the French Quarter, which was a wonderful location, right in the middle of all the action and within walking distance to the major attractions.

I am not going to recommend where we stayed, however, only because of the noise. It was very centrally located and had a lovely balcony to people watch - which is what we thought would be fun to do on NYE. The building is quite charming and historic, but the problem with that is, the old fittings and lack of sound proofing. Not much sleep was had, as every conversation between passersby and tour operators was heard loud and clear. The rubbish truck emptying the industrial bins from the hotel across the street was pre-dawn, like clockwork, every morning. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).