A record 760,000 people attended the 33rd annual French Quarter Festival over the weekend, making it the most popular edition of the event to date.
This year’s FQF undoubtedly benefited from four days of beautiful weather that made for a perfect festival climate. It was a far cry from the torrential downpours that reduced last year’s attendance to a relatively meager 386,000.
Unsurprisingly, attendance wasn’t the only stat to reach record heights. Rouses, for instance, moved a whopping 50,000 pounds of boiled crawfish over the weekend, marking a high point for FQF crawfish sales.
As previously reported, this year’s French Quarter Festival featured over 1,700 local artists, along with a variety of activities like film screenings and educational panels. Performers included Irma Thomas, Sonny Landreth, Raw Oyster Cult, Cowboy Mouth, Ellis Marsalis, Astral Project, Flow Tribe, the New Orleans Suspects and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, among many others.
You can take a look at our photos from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 of this year’s French Quarter Festival.
2016 French Quarter Festival by the Numbers:
– 70,000 festival fans have downloaded and used the official French Quarter Festival/GE Digital App, since its inception in 2010
– 1,333 volunteers gave their time and talent at the 2016 French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron.
– Over 128 tons of ice were used in festival beverages including Pat O’Brien’s, Tropical Isle, Abita, Jack Daniels’s, Plum Street SnoBalls at the 2016 French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron
– 50,000 pounds of Crawfish were boiled by Rouses, and enjoyed by Festival fans.
– New Orleans Original Daiquiris served over 42,000 daiquiris at the 2016 French Quarter Festival
– 690 gallons of Lynchburg Lemonade and Herradura Margaritas were enjoyed by French Quarter Festival fans
– Abita served 675 kegs and 1,400 cases of beer at the 2016 French Quarter Festival
– Pepsi served over 57,000 bottles of Aquafina water to thirsty Festival fans
– Haydel’s Bakery used over 200 pounds of white chocolate, 150 pounds of heavy cream, and 190 pounds of King Cake in their White Chocolate King Cake Bread Pudding at the 2016 French Quarter Festival
– Over 1,700 local musicians performed at the 2016 French Quarter Festival, which enjoyed 4 days of perfect weather
