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Festivals, Parades & Celebrations

 

Future Mardi Gras dates are:

February 12, 2013

March 4, 2014

February 17, 2015

February 9, 2016

 

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park's Mardi Gras Parade

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park

Saturday before Mardi Gras

Float decorating, mask making and a Mardi Grad Parade for families. The parade starts at 2 p.m. - so bring your beads! For more information call 1-888-677-7200 toll free or 229-4764 locally.

 

La Grand Boucherie

Magnolia Park, St. Martinville

Always the Saturday before Mardi Gras

Cajun & Zydeco Music, Arts & Crafts, Food, Fun, Refreshments and much more!  Butchering of the Pig, Squeal like a Pig Contest, Cracklin Throwing Contest, Acadiana Puller "Battle on the Teche" Arm Wrestling Competition.

 

Mardi Gras Newcomer’s Parade
Main St., St Martinville

Sunday before Mardi Gras

1:00 pm

Parade will travel down Hwy31 (Main Street), starting at St. Martinville Senior High School, ending at Main Street and Denier Street.  For visitor information call 337-394-2233.

Acadian Memorial Festival

Evangeline Oak Park, St. Martinville

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Museum style festival which hightlights Cajun traditions in food and music.  Wooden boats, theatre, Mardi Gras mask making, storytelling, Longfellow film and readings, reanactment of the arrival of the Acadians on the Bayou Teche.  LeBlanc & Trahan Families honored at this year's festival.  Call 337-394-2258 for more information.

March 17, 2012

Wild Game Cookoff

Catfish Heaven, Cypress Island

March 31, 2012

For more information, call 337-205-2443.

Parks Cracklin Cookoff

Rousseau Poche Memorial Park

In Memory of Mark Dore

Parks, LA 

SideShow

Gary Usie & 3 of a Kind

Dance Hall Band (Sid Melancon, Charlene Howard, Cortney Laparouse, Randt Hebert)

Food, Music, Fun for Entire Family

$5000 Raffle Giveaway

Friday Night Fais Do Do 7:00 pm till

Saturday:  Registration for Cookoff $20 entry fee for two man team.  Music & Area Local Bands All Day.

Saturday Night Fais Do Do.  For more information visit parkscracklincookoff.com

April 13 & 14, 2012

Blooming on the Bayou

Breaux Bridge Downtown

Garden Show & Old Fashioned Trade Days

Veterans Park, Breaux Bridge, LA

April 21, 2012

Great Bayou Teche Dog Paddle

Breaux Bridge, LA

April 22, 2012

For more info visit techeproject.com or call Michelle Brignac at 337-394-1220 or Nicole Patin at 337-394-6232.

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

Parc Hardy, Breaux Bridge

3 day festival featuring over 30 Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop Bands on 3 stages.  Food, shopping, carnival, parade, contests, and demonstrations.  A multiple year LAFF Festival of the Year, STS Top Twenty Event, Top 25 Small Town Event.

www.bbcrawfest.com

May 4, 5, 6, 2012

 

Bayou Blues Revival

Arnaudville

Music, workshops, food

May 2011 (TBA)

 

Bayou Chicken Cookoff

Parks, LA

National Day of the Acadians

Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville

August 15, 2012

 

Le Cajun Music Awards & Festival

Cade, LA

August 17 & 18, 2012

 

Annual Creole Zydeco Festival

Adam Carlson Park, St. Martinville

Music, Dancing, & Fun for the Entire Family!!! 

12-2:30 pm Zydeco Ray & The Creole Knight Riders2:30-4:30 pm - Same Ole' Step

4:30-7:00 pm - Lil Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers

Call 337-394-4635 or 394-6980 for more info.

September 2, 2012

Breaux Bridge Jambalaya Cookoff

Veterans Park, Breaux Bridge

September 8, 2012

Pepper Festival

Evangeline Oak Park, St. Martinville

Music, Arts & Crafts, Pepper Hot Sauces, Cajun Food,and more!  Free Motorcycle Run in the morning and the World Famous Pepper Eating Contest in the afternoon!!!!!

September 15, 2012

Breaux Bridge City Wide Garage Sale

Breaux Bridge, LA

October 6-7, 2012

Okra Festival

Evangeline Oak Park, St. Martinville

October 6, 2012

Tour du Teche C anoe Race

October 7-9, 2011

Canoe Race from Bayou Courtableu in Port Barre to the bank of the Atchafalaya River in Berwick.

Atchafalaya Basin Festival

Henry Guidry Memorial Park, Henderson

www.atchafalayabasinfestival.com

November 10, 2012

 

Fire & Water Celebration - Le Feu et l'Eau

Arnaudville, LA 

December 1, 2012

Bonfires along the Bayou Teche, featuring live music, art, food

Fire & Water Website

 

St. Lucy Festival of Lights & KC Christmas Parade

St Martin de Tours Church Square, St. Martinville

Food, Arts & Crafts, Music, Outdoor Mass, Christmas Parade and entertainment all leading up to the Lighting of the Church Square at 6:00 pm.

For more information call 337-394-9404 or 337-224-1627.

Parade runs along Main Street

December 9, 2012

 

 


 

 

 

 

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