Discover Cajun food and boost the local economy in the process!
There are over 100 festivals in Louisiana alone, so if you want to do your part to help bolster the local economy, take your vacation in Cajun country and vist one--or two, or half a dozen--festivals! You'll enjoy midway rides, arts & crafts, and terrific music by local and national Cajun, Zydeco, pop and rock bands. Best of all, you'll also enjoy the most terrific local food in the country. And unlike stereotypical pageant girls, Festival Queens are glad to show you how it's done. Join them!
At the CATTLE FESTIVAL
in Abbeville, stop by Miss Beulah's
for juicy po' boys and pies.
At the FROG FESTIVAL
in Rayne, follow the queens
to a frog leg booth or order
them at Gabe's Kitchen
Any RICE FESTIVAL queen in
Crowley knows that Boo John's has
been making the best Cajun fare for
more than half a century
You can't improve on the
fresh-made cracklins at the
SWINE FESTIVAL in Basile
Two festivals--the WASHINGTON
CATFISH FESTIVAL and the
FRANKLIN PARISH CATFISH
FESTIVAL--will gladly show you
why this is a Louisiana delicacy.
OR PICK YOUR
OWN FAVORITE !
From the ORANGE
FESTIVAL (shown here)
to GUMBO to YAMBILEE
and over 100 more, you can
find a festival that whets your
appetite by visiting the
Louisiana Fairs & Festivals
CALENDAR .
