GETTING TO THE FEST
We highly encourage festival attendees to consider alternate transportation options as parking and traffic around campus will likely be difficult to navigate during the festival. By choosing alternate transportation, you’ll help ease congestion and make the festival experience smoother for everyone.
Park & Ride Festival Shuttles: Convenient shuttles typically run in 30-minute intervals from locations in the Uptown area. Parking for shuttles is available on a first come, first served basis.
Bike: Bike racks are available across the university's uptown campus.
Walk or Use Public Transit: The campus is accessible by multiple RTA bus routes and streetcars. Tulane is on the St. Charles Streetcar Line (green cars). RTA bus 57-Franklin-Freret conveniently stops in the middle of Tulane’s uptown campus. Use the RTA Plan My Trip tool or visit the website for more information. Check the RTA site for the most up to date service interruptions.
Taxi or Ride Shares: Consider using Uber, Lyft, or similar services to drop off at 6811 Freret St.
Family Day Shuttles: Shuttles will provide free round-trip rides to Family Day at the Fest on Sunday, March 14 from city wide locations to be announced. All shuttles will drop off near Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on Freret St. Exact pick-up and departure times will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival.
Limited On-Campus Parking: With limited parking available on campus, we highly encourage attendees to use alternate transportation options. For those who must drive, limited parking will be available on campus. Exact location and time lines for parking will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival.
- ADA parking spaces are located beside the elevators on each floor of the Diboll Garage. A state-issued placard or license plate is required to park in these spaces. The university’s interactive campus map shows ADA spaces (check the Parking box to view).
DINING
Plenty of food options are available in and around Tulane during your time at the fest! Food trucks will be on site in addition to our main university dining centers, The Commons and the Lavin-Bernick Center. A full list of dining options around Tulane’s campus can be found here.
Additional food trucks and grab and go options will be available on the festival grounds.
FESTIVAL MAP
All festival venues are nestled in the center of Tulane's uptown campus. View the festival map of venue locations and the interactive campus map for a wider view of how to navigate campus.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Special hotel partners of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University generally offer discounted rates to festival attendees. Past partners include Hyatt Regency New Orleans.
Tulane also partners with additional hotel partners--just tell them you’re with us.
Hotels and bed and breakfast partners around the city offer discounted rates to Tulanians, including parents, alumni, guests and visitors. A self-booking tool is available for each hotels linked above and a percentage of each booking goes to support Tulane University programs and initiatives.
