Drone light shows in New Orleans, Louisiana
From a musical finale to a gathering beside the Mississippi, give your New Orleans event a closing moment shaped around its people.
Plan your New Orleans showPhoto: thepipe26 · CC BY 2.0 · 2012 city photograph · resized / WebP.
Made for this moment
Tremé’s musical traditions, the galleries of the Warehouse District, and the riverfront offer different starting points for an original show. Tell us whose story you want to tell. We develop the creative with your organizers, then assess the actual viewing and flight areas before a setting becomes part of the plan.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific New Orleans venues.
Rooted in New Orleans
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
A musical celebration can move from a single pulse into a sequence the whole audience follows. Tremé and Congo Square offer context for a city with deep musical traditions; the artists and organizers involved in your event should guide the story. We discuss rights to music and imagery before developing choreography.
A Mississippi backdrop can frame a civic finale, but people on different riverbanks will see formations differently. We establish one intended viewing direction and assess public walkways, vessel activity, lighting, and a separate launch footprint. Water and levee land are never assumed to be available operating space.
The Warehouse District’s galleries and converted industrial buildings offer a starting point for an arts or brand reception. A commissioned motif could unfold into your closing message above an agreed outdoor viewing area. Rooflines, guest access, neighboring properties, and permission to reproduce the artwork shape the brief.
For a krewe celebration or seasonal community event, color and movement can build toward a symbol chosen by the hosts. We discuss the event schedule and street access early, especially where parades affect crowd movement. Your show would be designed for your gathering, with any official names or graphics used by permission.
Saints celebrations around the Superdome call for a realistic exterior viewing plan. A covered stadium audience cannot watch a show through the roof. Approved colors and graphics can inform the creative, while football-related restrictions, the event schedule, nearby towers, and ground separation determine what can be proposed.
For a wedding in New Orleans or a reception across the river in Gretna, a name, date, or shared image can make a restrained final reveal. Courtyards and oak canopies may limit the view, so we examine the full property and guest position. Weather contingencies and access for setup belong in that conversation.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in New Orleans and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
Covered stadium & exterior event areas
New Orleans, Louisiana
An exterior concept needs a clear guest route and separate flight footprint. Review roof obstruction, nearby streets, qualifying football restrictions, and the venue calendar.
Official venue websiteOutdoor amphitheater & event plaza
New Orleans, Louisiana
The outdoor setting supports concerts and receptions. Stage structures, adjacent buildings, public access, and Superdome event restrictions require a site-specific review.
Official venue websiteFestival grounds
New Orleans, Louisiana
The operator accepts special-event applications. Review the reserved footprint, live oaks, public recreation, lighting, and separation between guests and any proposed flight area.
Official venue websiteRiverfront park
New Orleans, Louisiana
A river-facing gathering requires review of park management, public paths, river activity, structures, and land access. Park permission and aviation authorization are separate.
Official venue websiteCivic park & cultural setting
New Orleans, Louisiana · Tremé
For an organizer-led concept, review trees, historic features, public access, nearby buildings, and respect for the cultural setting. A separate workable flight area must be identified.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Kenner, Louisiana · west metro
Official facility informationReview the full flight volume against current FAA airspace maps and notices. The airport’s location outside New Orleans does not remove its relevance to a metro-area proposal.
New Orleans · Lake Pontchartrain shoreline
Official facility informationRelevant to lakefront and east-side proposals. Assess aircraft activity, current airspace, requested height, and the exact performance location.
Belle Chasse, Louisiana · military installation
Official facility informationMilitary aviation and protected installation boundaries need separate review for West Bank and wider-area proposals. Venue consent does not grant military or FAA permission.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidanceStreet closures, entertainment, park use, and other event elements can require different permissions. Identify the actual park operator and relevant parish before developing the site plan.
Official planning guidanceNew Orleans & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
The river, levees, public paths, live oaks, and neighboring buildings shape the ground plan. Sites across parish boundaries need their own land-manager and aviation review.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
Start with the exact property and viewing location. Dense buildings, balconies, public paths, the river, and nearby aviation can affect feasibility. A balcony or river view does not establish a launch site; we review the entire operating footprint before confirming a proposal.
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We welcome enquiries for New Orleans and communities including Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, Harahan, Belle Chasse, Chalmette. Each proposed site needs its own flight, access, and audience review.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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