The 10th Annual New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival Calendar of Events

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

  • 900 Camp St.

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Leroy’s Place- ‘Doomscrolling’

  • 7p- Jeghetto’s Workshop- ‘5P1N0K10’

  • 9p- Night Shade- ‘Exquisite Corpse’  

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 3p- Leroy’s Place- ‘Doomscrolling’

  • 5p- Jeghetto’s Workshop- ‘5P1N0K10’

  • 7p- Night Shade- ‘Exquisite Corpse’  

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 3p- LeRoy’s Place- ‘Doomscrolling’

  • 5p- Jeghetto’s Workshop- ‘5P1N0K10’

  • 7p- Night Shade - ‘Exquisite Corpse’ 

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • The Mudlark Public Theatre

  • 1200 Port St

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 7p- Nate Puppets- ‘Bastard the Bunny’

  • 9p- Toybox Theatre- ‘Used Doorknob Salesman’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Bixby and Sierra- ‘Red Water’ and ‘ Mother Oracle’

  • 7p- Toybox Theatre- ‘Used Doorknob Salesman’

  • 9p- Nate Puppets- ‘Bastard the Bunny’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 1p- Dr. Paulette Richards: Book Talk- Object Performance in The Black Atlantic

  • 1:45p- Jacqueline Wade: Screening - ‘ Living Objects in Black’

  • 3p- Nate Puppets- ‘Bastard the Bunny’

  • 5p- Toybox Theatre- ‘Used Doorknob Salesman’

  • 7p- Harry Mayronne- ‘Perception of Puppets’

  • 9p- Bixby and Sierra- ‘Red Water’ and ‘ Mother Oracle’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 5p- Bixby and Sierra- ‘Red Water’ and ‘ Mother Oracle’

  • 7p- Toybox Theatre- ‘Used Doorknob Salesman’

  • 9p- Nate Puppets- ‘Bastard the Bunny’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Monday April 8th

  • 5p- Nate Puppets- ‘Bastard the Bunny’

  • 7p- Toybox Theatre- ‘Used Doorknob Salesman’

  • 9p- Bixby and Sierra- ‘Red Water’ and ‘ Mother Oracle’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • The New Orleans Healing Center

  • 2372 St. Claude Ave

  • Studio 200

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 5p- Harmonic Drift- ‘Wayang Earth?!’

  • 7p- Jacqueline Wade- ‘Consuewella Triptych in MOVE’

  • 9p- Shadow Girls Cult- ‘ Unraveling’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Shadow Girls Cult- ‘ Unraveling’

  • 7p- Harmonic Drift- ‘Wayang Earth?!’

  • 9p- Jacqueline Wade- ‘Consuewella Triptych in MOVE’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 5p- Jacqueline Wade- ‘Consuewella Triptych in MOVE’

  • 7p- Shadow Girls Cult- ‘ Unraveling’

  • 9p- Harmonic Drift- ‘Wayang Earth?!’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 2-4p - Jacqueline Wade - ‘Black Bodies in White Spaces in Puppetry and Beyond’ WORKSHOP

  • 5p- Shadow Girls Cult- ‘ Unraveling’

  • 7p- Jacqueline Wade- ‘Consuewella Triptych in MOVE’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Monday April 8th

  • 5p-  Jacqueline Wade- ‘Consuewella Triptych in MOVE’

  • 7p- Shadow Girls Cult- ‘ Unraveling’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Studio 204

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 7p- Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky’

  • 9p- Try again Better Company- Life Goes On, Anyway…’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Try again Better Company- Life Goes On, Anyway…’

  • 7p- Try again Better Company- Life Goes On, Anyway…’

  • 9p-  Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 3p-  Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky’

  • 5p-  Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky’

  • 7p- Try again Better Company- Life Goes On, Anyway…’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 3p- Try again Better Company- Life Goes On, Anyway…’

  • 5p- Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky’

  • 7p- Innerworkings Theater- ‘River to the Sky

  • Monday April 8th

  • 7p- Sunrise Movement- Screening

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Happyland Theater

  • 3126 Burgundy

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 5p- Rabbit Foot Puppetry- ‘ No Strings Attached’

  • 7p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash’

  • 9p- Esmerelda The Puppet- ‘ Thirsty for the Limelight’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Esmerelda The Puppet- ‘ Thirsty for the Limelight’

  • 7p- Rabbit Foot Puppetry- ‘ No Strings Attached’

  • 9p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 3p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash’

  • 5p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash’

  • 7p- Esmerelda The Puppet- ‘ Thirsty for the Limelight’

  • 9p- Rabbit Foot Puppetry- ‘ No Strings Attached’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 3p- Esmerelda The Puppet- ‘ Thirsty for the Limelight’

  • 5p- Rabbit Foot Puppetry- ‘ No Strings Attached’

  • 7p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash

  • 9p- Rasputin’s Marionettes- ‘ Sugarbitch Goulash

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • The Temple

  • 3151 Dauphine St

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 7p- The Mudlark Puppeteers- ‘Mother Catherine and The Temple of the Innocent Blood’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 7p- The Mudlark Puppeteers- ‘Mother Catherine and The Temple of the Innocent Blood’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 7p- The Mudlark Puppeteers- ‘Mother Catherine and The Temple of the Innocent Blood’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 3p- The Mudlark Puppeteers- ‘Mother Catherine and The Temple of The Innocent Blood’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • The Backyard Ballroom

  • 3519 St Claude Ave

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 5p- Midnight Radio Show- ‘ The Dragon’s Laugh and Other Tales’’

  • 7p- Velvet Effigy- ‘ Eyes of the Beholder

  • 9p- Poose The Puppet- ‘Poose Presents: The Dizzy Dangerfield Experience’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- Midnight Radio Show- ‘ The Dragon’s Laugh and Other Tales’’

  • 7p- Velvet Effigy- ‘ Eyes of the Beholder

  • 9p- Poose The Puppet- ‘Poose Presents: The Dizzy Dangerfield Experience’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 5p- Midnight Radio Show- ‘ The Dragon’s Laugh and Other Tales’’

  • 7p- Velvet Effigy- ‘ Eyes of the Beholder

  • 9p- Poose The Puppet- ‘Poose Presents: The Dizzy Dangerfield Experience’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 5p- Midnight Radio Show- ‘ The Dragon’s Laugh and Other Tales’’

  • 7p- Velvet Effigy- ‘ Eyes of the Beholder

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Monday April 8th

  • 5p- Midnight Radio Show- ‘ The Dragon’s Laugh and Other Tales’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Louisa Springs

  • 1701 Louisa at Derbigny

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 7p- Tyler Nacho- ‘ Death to Realism’

  • 9p- Cook-Y-Doh- ‘The Squirmy Wormhole’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 7p-  Cook-Y-Doh- ‘The Squirmy Wormhole’

  • 9p- Tooth Lifeless- ‘The Pinata Tragedy’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 5p- Tyler Nacho- ‘ Death to Realism’

  • 7p- Cook-Y-Doh- ‘The Squirmy Wormhole’

  • 9p- Cila Puccadella / Nat Allister

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 7p- Cila Puccadella  / Nat Allister

  • 9p- Tyler Nacho- ‘ Death to Realism’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Monday April 8th

  • 5p- Rabbit Foot Puppetry- ‘ No Strings Attached’

  • 7p- Cila Puccadella  / Nat Allister

  • 9p- Cook-Y-Doh- ‘The Squirmy Wormhole’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • CANOA

  • 4210 St Claude Ave

  • Thursday April 4th

  • 7p- Flutterbug- ‘ Seance’/ SoulFool- ‘Show of Hands’

  • 9p- BreakFAST Puppets- ‘Oversouled’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Friday April 5th

  • 5p- BreakFAST Puppets- ‘Oversouled’

  • 7p- Flutterbug- ‘ Seance’/ SoulFool- ‘Show of Hands’

  • 9p- abandoned ships- ‘we need to talk’

  • 10p- SLAM at Mudlark

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 5p- abandoned ships- ‘we need to talk’

  • 7p-  BreakFAST Puppets- ‘Oversouled’

  • 9p-  Flutterbug- ‘ Seance’/ SoulFool- ‘Show of Hands’

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 5p- abandoned ships- ‘we need to talk’

  • 7p- Flutterbug- ‘ Seance’/ SoulFool- ‘Show of Hands’

  • 9p-  BreakFAST Puppets- ‘Oversouled’

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • Spellcaster Lodge

  • 3052 St Claude Ave


Friday April 5th

4-6:30pm

Kinetic Puppet Workshop

with Miss Pussycat!

  • Saturday April 6th and Sunday April 7th

  • At 3p and 7p

  • Parasol Puppets- ‘ PUNCH AND JUDY’

  • Bywater Wonderland

  • 3405 Royal St.

  • Saturday April 6th

  • 3p- Honey Goodenough

  • 5p- Emily Schubert

  • 10p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • Sunday April 7th

  • 1p- Giant Puppet Parade at Plessy Park

  • 3p-Honey Goodenough

  • 5p- Emily Schubert

  • 10p- SLAM at Twilight Room

  • The Twilight Room

  • 2240 St. Claude

  • Monday April 8th at 7pm Rasputin’s Marionettes ‘Sugarbitch Goulash’

  • Sunday April 7th and Monday April 8th

  • 10p Puppet SLAM