The world’s first outdoor travel festival for women.

March 12-13, 2022
New Orleans, LA

POWERED BY WANDERFUL

Find your travel sisterhood.

Join hundreds of travel lovers from around the world for a weekend filled with inspiring speakers, live music, engaging conversations, and a soul sisterhood that will last you a lifetime.

 

 

Brought to you by the leading women’s travel community.

Wanderful is the leading brand and community for women who love to travel, with 50 chapters all around the world, a thriving online portal to meet travel buddies, and the world’s first identity verified woman-to-woman homesharing network.

 

 

Be part of something remarkable.

Celebrate.

This isn’t just about learning and growing. It’s about celebrating our accomplishments so far, who we have become and what we still have left to do.

Connect.

Build lifelong friendships with other women who get it from around the world through our special parties and activations, whether you come by yourself or with you best group of gal pals.

Inspire.

Sometimes it’s just about taking that next step forward. With incredible speakers and a thriving support network, we’ll help you get to that next place in your travels.

 

 

Our speakers + performers.

MC

 

Hadiatu Dumbuya

Travel + lifestyle influencer, social entrepreneur, & int’l speaker

 

General Speakers & Performers

More to come!

Patricia Schultz

Author of #1 NYTimes bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Oneika Raymond

Journalist, media personality, & Travel Channel host

Crystal Wahpepah

Indigenous chef & owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen

Robin Barnes

Singer & songwriter, known as the “Songbird of New Orleans”

 

Sarina Jain

Cultural energizer and creator of Masala Bhangra® fitness

Adrianne “Ajax” Jackson

Owner of Magnolia Yoga Studio, the first Black-Owned Yoga Studio in New Orleans

Kim Vaz-Deville

Author of The ‘Baby Dolls’: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition

DJ Ojay

Founder of Afrobeat NOLA and Taste of Africa Fest

 

Marissa “MoeJoe” Joseph

Creator of Bounce Fitness with MoeJoe + MoeJoe’s Bounce & Twerk Class

Schedule highlights.

Get your travel inspo

on the main stage.

On our main stage, build your travel skills with inspiring content from the world’s top women travelers, or dance the day away with emerging women musical artists and talent, including:

  • Meet Emmy-nominated journalist & TV host Oneika Raymond

  • AfroBeat Yoga with Adrianne “Ajax” Jackson and DJ Ojay

  • Cooking demo with Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah as seen on Food Network’s Chopped

  • Indian-inspired dance class with Sarina Jain, founder of Masala Bhangra®

  • Live discussion with Patricia Schultz, author of #1 NYTimes bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

  • Jazz music with singer Robin Barnes, the “Songbird of New Orleans”

  • Bounce Fitness dance class with Marissa “MoeJoe” Joseph

  • And more! Full schedule coming late 2021.

Learn more.

Shop in our celebrate women global marketplace.

Our global vendor marketplace features travel companies, products, and services from around the country and world that you can use for your next trip. Learn more.

 

Parade into the French Quarter.

Join us for our first-ever Wanderful Woman Parade with a New Orleans-style Second Line into the French Quarter with the Baby Dolls as we celebrate women and raise funds for a deserving charity. Learn more.

 

Get on the list.

Subscribe for all the latest Wanderfest updates.

Get involved.

 

Grab a table or tent in our global marketplace.

Apply to host a party, excursion, or workshop.

Share your skills as a volunteer.

 

March 12-13, 2022

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Our venue.

 
 

Spanish Plaza at the Riverwalk

Address: 2 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130

We have a block of rooms reserved at a discounted rate at a few different hotels nearby, so you can make the most of the camaraderie of Wanderfest by staying local.

 
 

 

Our partners.

Thanks to these partners for making Wanderfest happen.

 

 

Want to meaningfully reach thousands of women travelers?

 

 
 

Listen up.

Get pumped with our Women Who Travel radio station with Pandora Music!

 
 

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