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New Orleans dresses for heat, humidity, and festivals. Jazz Fest weekends in late April–early May are a city-wide dress code of cotton and linen; the French Quarter in summer is bright colors, sundresses, and shoes you can walk on Bourbon Street in. The climate punishes synthetics on the body but rewards quick-dry nylon for bags and rain jackets. Afternoon thunderstorms are frequent June–August; packable rain gear earns its weight.