During the spring, festivals are a way of life here. Locals bop from festival to festival celebrating everything from the strawberry harvest to Cajun music to New Orleans culture. For some reason (I guess it's because we're just a partying kind of place), this city and state is estimated to have the largest number of festivals in the country. And most of them seem to be in April and May.

The French Quarter Festival will be celebrated on the April 7-9 weekend in the Vieux Carre, and it's a ...