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INFORMATION AND FESTIVAL WEB SITES

Louisiana Festival web sites on the internet.

Although we At Haunted New Orleans Tours regularly update our web site and Louisiana Festival listings, some festivals do not update their web sites until the festival nears and some festivals even skip years. So please do not rely on us to set your calendar. Check each web site carefully for this Louisian Festival current year's dates.

If your Louisiana Festival Web site is not listed here please contact us and we will post it!

Angola Prison Rodeo & Arts and Crafts Festival - Angola, Louisiana - official site of the annual festival featuring professional rodeo events including convict poker, wild cow milking, bull-dogging, guts and glory, and more. The Angola Prison Rodeo is a professionally produced rodeo and the longest running prison rodeo in the nation, starting in 1965.

Ark-La-Tex Jazz & Gumbo Music Festival - Shreveport, Louisiana - a Louisiana cuisine, crafts and music festival. Offers a weekend of hot gumbo and cool jazz featuring family entertainment including unique vendors, delicious food and Great Music.

Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival - Lacombe, Louisiana - This is a "down home" festival with something for the whole family. The charm of this rural community and the friendliness of the participants have created a warm and happy atmosphere. All of this is enjoyed in the shade of hundred year old oak trees. There is continuous entertainment throughout the festival with a variety of music; R&B, Country, Jazz. something for everyone.

Bayou Teche Bear Festival - Franklin, Louisiana - The Festival, an outreach program to educate the residents of St. Mary Parish on the Louisiana Black Bear, will feature live music, food, education activities, field trips and children's activities in true Louisiana style.

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge , Louisiana - one of the many Louisiana food festivals that is held in May and centers on the legendary Louisiana crayfish. This is one of the more popular Louisiana festivals. Get dates, directions, camping and RV info.

Bridge City Gumbo Festival - Bridge City, Louisiana - Bridge City's "world famous" Gumbo is cooked daily at the festival grounds and over 2000 gallons of both seafood and chicken/sausage gumbo will be prepared for our visitors during the festival. A variety of other native Louisiana cooking such as jambalaya, New Orleans style red beans and rice with sausage as well as hamburgers, hot dogs, onion mums, homemade cakes and candies, funnel cakes and many other delicious surprises will also be available.

Church Point Buggy Festival - Church Point, Louisiana - one of many Louisiana festivals offering fun for the children and adults, contests, music, food and more. The Church Point Buggy Festival was originally organized by The Acadia St. Landry Medical Foundation, a non-profit organization, as a fundraiser in support of the Acadia St. Landry Hospital. This event has through the years, not only allowed the hospital to remain open but has allowed the hospital to add several new departments and expand into a top notch rural hospital.

Contraband Days Festival - Lake Charles, Louisiana - Once a year during the first two weeks in May, the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, returns to rollicking, swashbuckling days of the pirates and buccaneers who once sailed the area's lakes, rivers, and bayous. Legend has it that the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte buried his contraband treasure somewhere along the Southwest Louisiana's plentiful waterways. The celebration of this historic figure and his adventures has grown into a twelve-day extravaganza of unmatched festivity.

Cultural Crossroads - Minden, Louisiana - Spring Arts Festival - Non-profit arts organization based in Minden. Hosts the Spring Arts Festival each Spring in April. Call (318) 377-3002 for more details! Arts & Fun for the whole family! This festival is dedicated to preserving the arts and culture of Webster Parish.

ANNUAL WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE COOK-OFF Annual World's Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-Off will again be held at the Northwest Community Center Pavilion in Eunice. This year will feature rides for the kids and fun jumps. Eunice, Louisiana's Prairie Cajun Capital is home to the best music, food, people and fun times. Come join us for our annual quest to crown the "Champ Chef" of Crawfish Etouffee.

Delcambre Shrimp Festival and Fair Association - Delcambre, Louisiana - Catch this festival the third full weekend in August. Fais-do-do (street dances), fair, pageants, Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday, shrimp cook-off and cajun rides.

Downtown on the Bayou Fest - Houma, Louisiana - There's nothing like a little bit of Cajun hospitality, unless it's a lot of Cajun hospitality. If you're ready to pinch some tails, dance in the street or even yell Ayyeeee, then get on down to the Annual Downtown on the Bayou Festival! From every variety the Cajun chef has to offer to some of the most unique crafts in South Louisiana, the Downtown on the Bayou Festival has something for every member of the family. Join us on the second full weekend of October for a special up-close-and-personal view of what we do best!

Earth Fest at Audubon Zoo - New Orleans, Louisiana - Audubon Institute celebrates the wonders of Nature. Earth Fest is a fun way for people to learn about saving the environment. You can't have a festival without food and music in New Orleans, and Earth Fest is no exception. Come be entertained by live bands and taste-tempting Louisiana cuisine (chicken and sausage gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish étouffée, onion mums, and more!) will be available both days of Earth Fest. There is even a Folk artists area to pick-up unique hand-crafted items from artist from across the Southeast.

FestForAll - Baton Rouge , Louisina - a community party celebrating the arts with fun, food, & music. FestForAll – a festival for all – has a distinguished 30-year history garnering a reputation as one of Louisiana's premier arts events attended by thousands.

Festival International de Louisiane - Lafayette, Louisiana - Where the French from France meet the French from Louisiana. Performers info online as well as daily schedules by events or by stage. This festival is an annual community event drawing together approximately 1,000 volunteers from all segments of the community to work together to celebrate both our diversity and the common human experience that binds us together.

Festival of the Bonfires - Lutcher, Louisiana - a unique Cajun Christmas celebration. Site has history, schedule of events, activities, maps and info. This is a spectacular tradition, folks, going way back before there was a festival, back to the early Cajun settlers. In more recent generations, Cajuns tell their children the fires are there to guide Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.

Franklin Parish Catfish Festival - Winnsboro, Louisiana - The Franklin Parish Catfish Festival for the past 18 years has been held on the second Saturday of April in downtown Winnsboro, Louisiana. This family-oriented event features some 300 arts and crafts booths from vendors across America. In addition, the Catfish Festival provides a great venue for local and area entertainment groups, as well as other featured performers. Children's games, arts and crafts, music, and great Louisiana pond-raised catfish help make the event the success it is.

French Quarter Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana - New Orleans own celebration. Enjoy 250 hours of free entertainment featuring more than 150 musical performances on fifteen stages throughout the French Quarter over a three-day weekend. Nearly 60 food and beverage booths located in Jackson Square, Woldenberg Riverfront Park and the Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint. One of the more popular New Orleans festivals.

Frog Festival - Rayne, Louisiana - From the opening "fais-do-do," a World Champion Frog Jumping Contest, a spectacular Fireworks Display, incredible entertainment and--of course--those jumping "ouaouarons" we will guarantee that you "pass a