Louisiana Festivals & Events July 20 – August 3, 2024

Throughout the year in Louisiana, there is a festival every weekend. The celebration of music, food, culture, history, and tradition. The holidays are also a special time of year for festivals.

There are 400 Louisiana festivals and events every year. Some are enormous and others are quite small, but who cares about size when there's a celebration going on? All you need is people, music, and of course food.  #FeedYourSoul. Below is a look at festivals in July and August statewide:

7/20 – VEGAN 2 THE SOUL FESTIVAL - NEW ORLEANS 

7/20 – CAJUN MUSIC AND FOOD FESTIVAL - LAKE CHARLES 
Burton Complex
7001 Gulf Hwy

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7/20 – ACADIANA BREW HAHA - LAFAYETTE

JULY 2024 - OCTOBER 26, 2024 - BEATS ON THE BAYOU (EVERY SATURDAY IN JULY)

• Isle of Iberia R.V. Pavilion - 911 N.W. Bypass (Hwy. 3212)
  New Iberia LA 70560
• Live music by Highway 90 Band and The Envies.
• 6 pm-9 pm. - Free Admission

JULY 20 - 44th ANNUAL NATCHITOCHES - NSU FOLK FESTIVAL - NATCHITOCHES 

•  Prather Coliseum (220 S. Jefferson St.) at Northwestern State University.
• Three stages of music - Sonny Gullage and the Blues Groovers, the Forest Huval Cajun Band, Johnny Earthquake and the Moondogs, Brandon Degeyter and The Mire Playboys, and the Zion Harmonizers.  Grupo de Danza Folklórica Mexicana Ketzaly, and a musical patriotic tribute by the Victory Belles performing World War II-era songs in three-part harmony.
• Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
• Cajun and Zydeco dance lessons
• Folk food vendors, exhibits,
• Traditional blacksmithing.
• Regional arts & crafts such as Native American handmade baskets, beadwork, and quilts. Czech pysanky eggs and handmade filé will be exhibited during day-long demonstrations.
• Fiddler Clancey Stewart leading free square dance lessons.
• Day of the Dead celebrations, music preservation, Native American traditional songs and dances
• Jambalaya Cook-Off
• Children 12 and under free -  admitted free.

7/25 - 7/27 – GRAND ISLE TARPON RODEO - GRAND ISLE

• 2024 Rodeo Dates- July 25, 26, and 27 Get your tickets now!
• This year's Grand Prize Winner will receive a $10000 cash prize.
• Registration In Progress

7/26-7/27 – MARSHLAND FESTIVAL – Lake Charles
Lake Charles Event Center, 900 Lakeshore Dr.

7/26-7/27 – BAYOU BBQ BASH - MORGAN CITY

• Presented by the Morgan City Marine Corps League
• The annual Bayou BBQ Bash is a BCA Sanctioned State Championship BBQ Competition held rain or shine.
• Come join us and enjoy some food anytime. For more information, please contact Bill at (985 384-3446, (985) 372-8880 or email at wgoessl@hotmail.com.

7/26-7/27 – LOUISIANA WATERMELON FESTIVAL - FARMERVILLE
1024 Sterlington Hwy - Farmerville, LA 71241

• Events include a tennis tournament
• Bicycle and tricycle races
• Arm wrestling contests
• Watermelon eating contest
• Seed spitting contests
• Best-dressed watermelon competition
• Street dance

7/27 – SUMMER MARKET - LIVONIA