Things to do in New Orleans with kids

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Things to do in New Orleans with kids

5 dated listings for school-age kids in New Orleans in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.

Kids life in New Orleans — the short version

If you're raising kids in New Orleans, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 9 and Oct 25, New Orleans's feed lists 5 dated listings for this age — 5 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Mahogany Jazz Hall (2) and New Orleans Healing Center (1).

Everything here is a real listing from New Orleans's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door.

Coming up for school-age kids in New Orleans

Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.

Kids Costume Swap

Sun, Oct 11 · 1:00 PM · New Orleans Healing Center · 0.00 USD
Kids Costume Swap in New Orleans
Photo: Samuel Dixon samueldixon · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

On the calendar for Sunday, Oct 11: Kids Costume Swap at New Orleans Healing Center. Good one for the kids.

EconDev Camp 2026

Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM · Urban League of Louisiana · 28.52 USD
EconDev Camp 2026 in New Orleans

Sunday, Oct 25: EconDev Camp 2026 at Urban League of Louisiana, New Orleans.

Good to know

By the numbers for this age in New Orleans: 5 dated listings in the next 60 days; 1 run after school on a weekday and 3 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Mahogany Jazz Hall with 2 of them.

Free, as marked in the feed: Kids Costume Swap. Those listings carry a free tag in New Orleans's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.

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Common questions

What's on in New Orleans for school-age kids right now?

The feed lists 5 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 9 to Oct 25 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.

Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?

It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.

What's free for school-age kids in New Orleans?

1 of the current listings are marked free in the feed; the Good to know section names them first.

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