Join us at A Studio in the Woods on Saturday, November 11, 2023, 11am – 5pm for our 13th annual celebration of art and nature. 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans, LA 70131. Scroll down for tickets! You can also sign up to volunteer here!

We are working to reduce plastic at FORESTival – BYO water bottles to refill at water stations on site.
Parking spots are available but limited – Get here early and grab! 

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Music 🎺

The Congo Square Drum Circle, 11am – 12pm 
Andrina Turenne, 12pm – 1pm
RAM Haiti, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Brass-A-Holics, 3:30pm – 4:30pm 

Arts and Activities 🎨

Mushroom + Mycelium Fingerpuppets with Elizabeth MacDougal, 11am – 2pm 
Bvlbancha in Bulbancha with Ida Aronson, 12pm – 3pm
Bottomland Birds with the Henry Lab, 2pm – 5pm 
Founders’ History and Home Tour with Managing Director Ama Rogan, 2pm 
Puppet show “Nobodies Ark Part 2: MG Xing Ever Gras” with Quintron and Miss Pussycat, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Beading Workshop with Mardi Gras Indian Walter Sandifer III, All Day 
Recycled Glass sand with Glass Half Full, 12pm – 3pm
Plants + Sand Art table with ReCoast, 2pm – 5pm
Water Glossary Volume 1 + Art Station with Ripple Effect, 11am – 2pm
Build a Clay Forest, All Day
Demo Solar Panel with Footprint Project, All Day
Quintron and Wildlife Organ, 4:30pm – close

Environmental Justice Hub 🌿

Concerned Citizens of St. John, 12pm – 3pm 
Rise St. James,12pm – 3pm 
“From Coast to Crisis: The Growing Problem of Saltwater Intrusions” with Keree Blanks from The Water Collaborative, 1pm

Walk in the Woods 🪵

Tree Walk with Ecologist David Baker, 11:45am
Breath & Brew: Meditation and Tea-Making with Samille Niambi Steed, 12pm 
Bug Walk with Entomologist Sam Jameson, 1:30pm 

Silent auction of one-of-a-kind art objects and experiences, 11am – 4pm

Food and drink 🥘🥤

Crescent City Burgers, Eli’s Kitchen, We Dat Chicken & Shrimp, and Big O’s Pops.

Suggested donation is $15 per adult, kids free. All proceeds support the programming of A Studio in the Woods. Pre-sales end at 5pm on Friday, November 10 – you can always donate at the gate!

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FORESTival is made possible by Mary and Larry Antonini, Hancock Whitney Bank, Linda Usdin and Steven Bingler, Crescent City Burgers, Crescent Crown, Lambert Foundation, New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, Alicia Franck, Freddie King III, Elis Kitchen, Cheetah Flower Lab, Dr. C’Ma, Big O’s, WWNO, Prospect New Orleans, Renee Peck, Tom and Ellen Prewitt, Footprint Project,Dana Query, Brinkley Serkedakis, We Dat Chicken & Shrimp, Walmart, EarthWork, and Luis Zervigon.