Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images A Guy Fieri-themed krewe gathers on the edge of the French Quarter. Image: Chelsea Brasted/Axios Scrim costumes were everywhere this year. Photo: Erika Goldring ...

Across its first 40 years, the French Quarter Festival had already grown to be one of Louisiana’s largest annual events. The ...

As the site of the original New Orleans colony (established by the French in 1718), the French Quarter has held on to its heritage, complete with street names that are still listed in French.