New Orleans Bonfire Christmas Eve 2024 Lineup. If you want to get your christmas bonfire spirit started early, you can watch a beautiful bonfire in new orleans on the levee at algiers point, on the city’s west bank,. Dating back to the earliest cajun settlers, this tradition involves the creation of huge bonfires along the mississippi river on.

Algiers’ biggest annual holiday celebration and new orleans’ only official holiday bonfire, the algiers bonfire is the neighborhood’s largest public event and pays tribute to louisiana’s river. A snowman, a steamboat and a giant crawfish are among the many creatively shaped bonfires that will be set afire on christmas eve (dec.