January
District Junior Livestock Shows
Lafayette, www.iberiatravel.com/dail.php
Rice Capital Championship
Gumbo Cookoff
Crowley, www.crowleychamber.com
February
3rd Annual Cajun Squeezebox Shootout
Jennings, www.squeezeboxshootout.com
Late February/Early March
Black Heritage Festival
Lake Charles, www.bhflc.org
Louisiana Redbud Festival
Vivian, www.laredbud.com
March
Uncle Earl’s Hog Dog Trials
Winnfield, www.BayedSolid.com/uncle_earls.htm
Creole Festival
Jeanerette, www.acadianoaks.com/events.htm
World Championship Crawfish
Étouffée Cookoff Contest
Eunice, www.Eunice-la.com
Rabbit Festival
Iowa, www.IowaLa.org
Merryville Heritage Festival
Merryville, www.mhsclassof95.org/MerryvilleMuseum
Catfish Festival
Washington, www.Washington-la.org
Rice and Gravy Cookoff
Lafayette, www.AcadianVillage.org
Audubon Pilgrimage
St. Francisville, www.AudubonPilgrimage.info
Que ‘n on the Red
Alexandria, www.queinonthered.com
Louisiana Nursery Festival
Forest Hill, www.louisiananurseryfestival.com
Battle of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill, www.BattleOfPleasantHill.com
April
Festival International
Lafayette, www.FestivalInternational.com
Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Week
Ville Platte, www.LaFolkRoots.org
Pyromania
Lafayette, www.PyroCajun.com
Cajun Woodstock for St. Jude’s
Church Point, www.CajunWoodstock.com
Crawfish Étouffée Cookoff
Ville Platte, www.EvangelineTourism.com
Cajun Hot Sauce Festival
New Iberia, www.SugArena.com
Boggy Bayou Festival
Pine Prairie, www.EvangelineTourism.com
LA Railroad Days Festival
DeQuincy, www.CityOfDequincy.com
Annual Battle of Jackson Crossroads
Jackson, www.BattleofJacksonCrossroads.org
Audubon Country Birdfest
St. Francisville, www.AudubonBirdFest.com
Springfest
Denham Springs, www.denhamspringsantiquevillage.com
Corney Creek Festival
Bernice, www.bernicela.org/events.htm
Catfish Festival
Winnsboro, www.FranklinParishCatfishFestival.com
Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival
Ponchatoula, www.lastrawberryfestival.com
French Quarter Festival
New Orleans, www.fqfi.org
Louisiana Forest Festival
Winnfield, www.laforestfestival.com
Louisiana Art and Folk Fest
Columbia, www.louisianaartandfolkfestival.com
Grant Dogwood Festival
Pollock, www.grantcoc.org/festivals.html
Angola Prison Rodeo
Angola, www.AngolaRodeo.com
Late April/Early May
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans, www.nojazzfest.com
Contraband Days
Lake Charles, www.ContrabandDays.com
May
Poke Salad Festival
Blanchard, www.PokeSaladFestival.com
Cochon de Lait Festival
Mansura, www.CochonDeLait.com
Crawfish Festival
Beaux Bridge, www.BBCrawfest.com
Cajun Fun Fest
New Iberia, www.bestwesternlouisiana.com/new-iberia-attractions-lodging
Mayhaw Festival
Starks, www.StarksMayhawFestival.com
May Festival
Abbeville, www.mceschool.org
Jambalaya Festival
Gonzales, www.JambalayaFestival.org
Mudbug Madness
Shreveport, www.MudbugMadness.com
Zwolle Logger Festival
Zwolle, www.sabineparish.com/fest/loggers.asp
Sawmill Days
Fisher, www.sabineparish.com/fest/sawmill.asp
D’Arbonne Stampede Days Rodeo
Farmerville, www.darbonnerangeriders.com
Choctaw-Apache Tribe Powwow
Zwolle, www.choctaw-apache.org
Riverboat Festival
Columbia, www.caldwellchamber.com/Riverboat%20Festival.htm
FestForAll
Baton Rouge, www.ArtsBR.org
River City Fest
Logansport, desotoparishchamber.net/events.htm
Greek Festival
New Orleans, www.GreekFestnola.com
Late May/Early June
Cajun Heartland State Fair
Lafayette, www.CajunDome.com
June
Smoked Meat Festival
Ville Platte, www.EvangelineTourism.com
Juneteenth
Donaldsonville, www.africanamericanmuseum.org/events.html
Le Festival de la Viande Boucanée
(Smoked Meat Festival)
Ville Platte, www.lsue.edu/acadgate/villeplt.htm
Arts & Crafts Festival
Natchitoches, www.Natchitoches.net/melrose
Cajun Crossroads Festival
Mansfield, www.juskatie.com/cajuncrossraod.htm
LA Corn Festival
Bunkie, www.Bunkie.com
Buggy Festival
Church Point, www.ChurchPointBuggyFestival.com
July
Lebeau Zydeco Festival
Lebeau, lebeauchurch.com/events.asp
15th Annual Stars and Stripes Celebration
Jennings, www.CityofJennings.com
Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration
St. Francisville, www.audubonbirdfest.com
Swamp Pop Music Festival
Gonzales, www.SwampPopMusicFest.com
Watermelon Festival
Farmerville, www.lawatermelonfestival.com
NSU Folklife Festival
Natchitocheswww.nsula.edu/folklife/festival/default.htm
Erath 4th of July Festival
Erath, www.Erath4.com
Late July/Early August
Satchmo Summerfest
New Orleans, www.fqfi.org
Shrimp Festival and Blessing
of the Fleet
Delcambre, www.ShrimpFestival.net
August
Creole Zydeco Festival
St. Martinville, www.cajuncountry.org/festivals.html
Cajun Music Festival
Mamou, www.MamouCajunMusicFestival.com
Hot Air Balloon Championship
Baton Rouge, www.LaBallooning.com
DeltaFest
Monroe, deltafest.com
Duck Festival
Gueydon, www.DuckFestival.org
Original Southwest LA
Zydeco Festival
Plaisance, www.Zydeco.org
White Linen Night
New Orleans, www.Cacno.org
Late August/Early September
Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
Morgan City, www.shrimp-petrofest.org
September
Claiborne Parish Fair
Haynesville, www.claiborneone.org/haynesville/fair.html
Frog Festival
Rayne, www.Rayne.org
Alligator Festival
Luling, www.stcharlesrotary.com/alligatorfestival.htm
Oil and Gas Festival
Evangeline, www.oilandgasfestival.com
Louisiana Chicken Festival
Dubach, www.dubachla.com/chicken.html
October
Louisiana Book Festival
Baton Rouge, www.LouisianaBookFestival.org
Germanfest
Robert’s Cove, www.RobertsCoveGermanFest.com
Gumbo Cookoff
New Iberia, www.iberiachamber.org
Pepper Festival
St. Martinville, www.stmartinkiwanis.org
Rice Festival
Crowley, www.RiceFestival.com
International Acadian Festival
Plaquemine, www.acadianfestival.com
Angola Prison Rodeo
Angola, www.AngolaRodeo.com
Reveling Heritage Festival
Robeline, www.robelineheritage.org
LSU Rural Life Museum
Harvest Days
Baton Rouge, RuralLife.lsu.edu
Red River Revel
Shreveport, www.redriverrevel.com
27th Annual Jennings Alive Arts
and Crafts Shows
Jennings, www.CityofJennings.com
LA Cattle Festival
Abbeville, www.LouisianaCattleFestival.org
North Louisiana Fall Bluegrass Festival
Oak Grove, www.sabinebluegrass.com
Yambilee Festival
Opelousas, www.Yambilee.com
Art For Arts Sake
New Orleans, www.Cacno.org
New Orleans Film & Video Festival
New Orleans, www.NewOrleansFilmFest.com
Gretna Heritage Festival
Gretna, www.GretnaFest.com
The Cotton Festival and Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte
Ville, Plattewww.lsue.edu/acadgate/villeplt.htm
Livingston Parish Fair
Livingston, www.livingstonparish.org/resources/Fair.html
Rapides Parish Fair
Alexandria, www.LSUagCenter.com/parish/rapides
Louisiana Pie Festival
Lecompte, www.asliceoflouisiana.com
Louisiana Tournoi
Ville Platte, www.LouisianaTournoi.com
Boucherie
Sorrento, www.eatel.net/~fred/boucherie
Cajun Oktoberfest
Sorrento, www.thecajunvillage.com
Lumberjack Festival
Springhill, www.springhilla.com/lumberjack.htm
Annual Zwolle Tamale Festival
Zwolle, www.sabineparish.com/fest/tamale.asp
Cotton Festival
Ville Platte, www.EvangelineTourism.com
Late October/Early November
Greater Baton Rouge State Fair
Baton Rouge, www.gbrsf.com
State Fair of Louisiana
Shreveport, www.StateFairofLouisiana.com
LA Swine Festival
Basile, www.LaSwineFestival.com
November
Scott Founders Day Festival
Scott, www.ScottLouisiana.org
Florien Free State Festival
Florien, www.sabineparish.com/fest
Pecan Festival
Colfax, www.louisianapecanfestival.com
Celebration of the Giant Omelette
Abbeville, www.GiantOmelette.org
Great Chili Challenge
New Iberia, www.hbcsni.org
Highland Games
Jackson, www.lahighlandgames.com
December
St. Lucy Festival of Lights
St. Martinville, www.cajuncountry.org/festivals.html
Sounds of Christmas
Jennings, www.CityofJennings.com
Jennings Christmas Parade Festival
Jennings, www.CityofJennings.com
Caroling in Jackson Square
New Orleans, www.PatioPlanters.org
LSU Rural Life Museum Christmas
Baton Rouge, RuralLife.lsu.edu
Christmas Wonderland in the Pines
Jonesboro, www.jacksonparishchamber.org/christmas.html
Holiday in Dixie
Shreveport, www.holidayindixie.com
Natchitoches Christmas
Festival of Lights
Natchitoches, www.christmasfestival.com
