{"id":94608622,"date":"2011-09-28T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/halloween-becoming-a-mini-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans\/"},"modified":"2018-08-16T14:43:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:43:06","slug":"halloween-becoming-a-mini-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/halloween-becoming-a-mini-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Becoming a Mini-Mardi Gras in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crowds at the Voodoo Music Festival (Flickr: Vincent &amp; Bella)\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/9\/Voodoo_Music_Festival_New_Orleans.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds at the Voodoo Music Festival (Flickr: Vincent &amp; Bella)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Crowds at the Voodoo Music Experience <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Make no mistake: Mardi Gras is still the most famous party in New Orleans. The annual Fat Tuesday celebration brings nearly one million bead-seeking revelers to Bourbon Street year in and year out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, with an annual music festival luring 80,000 strong and growing hoards of costumed paraders who make Mardi Gras merrymakers look sane; it\u2019s clear Halloween is quickly becoming New Orleans\u2019 second favorite holiday. This year, Halloween falls on a Monday, ensuring a fun-filled three-day weekend for everyone arriving on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-new-orleans-msy-louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flights to New Orleans<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Voodoo Music Experience, which last year made our list of the best fall music festivals, will run from October 28-30 in 2011, with local and high profile acts taking the stage and rocking the house Big Easy style. On the 31st, the city will channel its Mardi Gras tradition with a parade complete with bead-tossing and elaborate costumes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In between, folks can get their chills and thrills by taking one of the many Haunted New Orleans tours offered around the Crescent City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For families heading to New Orleans, the Audubon Zoo will host <em>Boo at the Zoo<\/em> on Oct. 21, 22, 28, and 29. The event will feature trick-or-treating, a haunted house, and a Haunted Ghost Train.<\/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><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vescudero00\/3066910467\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vincent &amp; Bella <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowds at the Voodoo Music Experience &nbsp; Make no mistake: Mardi Gras is still the most famous party in New Orleans. The annual Fat Tuesday celebration brings nearly one million bead-seeking revelers to Bourbon Street year in and year out. However, with an annual music festival luring 80,000 strong and growing hoards of costumed paraders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97199342,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608622\/revisions\/97199342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}