Tremé Fall Festival Marks 11th Year With Second-Line, Free Music and Food

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The Tremé Fall Festival returns to New Orleans this Saturday for its 11th annual celebration, bringing a second-line parade, live music, local food and a tour of the newly renovated St. Augustine Church with gospel spirituals to the historic neighborhood. The free event kicks off at 11 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m., filling the streets around St. Augustine Catholic Church with classic cars, arts and crafts, and a kids’ area.

According to WGNO, the festival starts with a second-line parade that travels through the Tremé neighborhood before concluding at the St. Augustine Catholic Church Yard, where the day’s main festivities take place. The parade itself begins at 11 a.m. at the New Orleans Career Center, located at 1331 Kelerec St., and follows a mile-long route into the heart of the neighborhood, per Where Y’at. The festival grounds themselves sit at the St. Augustine Catholic Church Yard and the surrounding neighborhood streets, according to Tremé Fest…

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