Black Heritage/Martin Luther King Festival, Lake Charles
Mardi Gras of Imperial Calcasieu Queens
Pageant, Lake Charles
FEBRUARY:
Courir du Mardi Gras, everywhere
Black Heritage Festival, Lake Charles
MARCH:
Cajun Country Stampede, Lake Charles
Irish/Italian Festival, Lake Charles
Oyster Festival, Amite
Rabbit Festival, Iowa
World Championship Etouffee Cookoff, Eunice
APRIL:
Cajun Day Celebration, Baton Rouge
Cajun Food & Fun Festival, Welsh
Cajun French Music Association Acadiana, Eunice
Cochon-de-Lait Festival, Mansura
Allons Manger Food Festival, Belle Rose
Festival International de Louisiane, Lafayette
French Acadian Music Festival, Abbeville
MAY:
Bon Ton Festival, Sulphur/Carlyss
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, Breaux Bridge
Breaux Bridge Creole Crawfish Festival, Breaux Bridge
Buggy Festival, Church Point
Cajun Heartland State Fair, Lafayette
Contraband Days, Lake Charles
Downtown Alive!, Lafayette
Fireman's Fair, Thibodaux
Gumbo Cookoff, Oakdale
Jambalaya Festival, Gonzales
Wagon Festival, Cankton
Zydeco Extravaganza 96, Lafayette
JUNE:
Bayou LaCombe Crab Festival, LaCombe
BeachFest 96, Lake Charles
Cajun Music Festival, Mamou
Corn Festival, Bunkie
Le Festival de Viande Boucanee, Ville Platte
Malaki Jubilee, Plaisance
JULY:
Cajun Music & Food Festival, Lake Charles
Catfish Festival, Des Allemands
Oyster Festival, Cut Off
St. Charles Parish Festival, Norco
AUGUST:
Cajun Riviera Festival, Holly Beach
Shrimp Festival, Delcambre
Festival des Acadiens, Lafayette
Le Cajun Music Awards, Lafayette
Rayne Frog Festival, Rayne
Roots Music Festival, Lake Charles
Shrimp & Petroleum Festival, Morgan City
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival, Plaisance
SEPTEMBER:
Alligator Harvest Festival, Grand Chenier
Bayou Blues & Zydeco Festival, Lake Charles
Cajun Days, Church Point
Calcasieu/Cameron Fair, Sulphur
Chicken Festival, Dubach
Festivals Acadiens, Lafayette
Salt of the Earth Homecoming Gospel Festival,
Longville
Shrimp Festival, Meraux
Vinton Cajun Festival, Vinton
OCTOBER:
Beauregard Parish Fair, Beauregard Parish
Cajun Heritage & Music Festival, Lafayette
Cotton Festival, Ville Platte
French Food Festival, LaRose
Gumbo Festival, Bridge City
International Rice Festival, Crowley
Pepper Festival, St. Martinville
Yambilee, Opelousas
NOVEMBER:
Cajun Gumbo Festival, Ville Platte
Gueydan Duck Festival, Gueydan
Port Barre Cracklin Festival, Opelousas
Sulphur Mines Festival, Sulphur
DECEMBER:
Everywhere -- Louisianans go wild at Christmas and virtually every town has at
least one hoopla event. The best-known one is:
Christmas Festival of Lights, Natchitoches
-- M.M.