Among the 1,000 artifacts discovered under St. Peter Street were buttons, coins and clues about two fires that destroyed the city.

A year after terrorist attack, New Orleans has returned to its festive roots. Fans of Georgia or Ole Miss and visitors for the New Year are flocking to the French Quarter.

French Quarter Festivals Inc. will host a free New Year’s Eve concert and fireworks celebration at Woldenberg Park to ring in 2026.

Since its start, the New Orleans Foundation for Francophone Cultures has been bringing French back to the French Quarter. This month, the couple behind the nonprofit, known as Nous, celebrated a newly renovated space in that historic district. With a Champagne toast, of course.

Officials noted the upcoming one-year anniversary of a deadly attack in the city and urged residents and visitors to remain vigilant.

The city of New Orleans will continue to rent movable bollards used to deter cars on French Quarter streets through the New Year's celebrations.This comes after the New Orleans Police Department proposed permanent swing gates across the French Quarter.

The Sugar Bowl sponsors the NOLA New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show, produced by the Crescent City Countdown Club in partnership with the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund. The fireworks show will follow a free New Year’s Eve concert that begins at 9 p.m. in Woldenberg Park.