Again this year the Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival returns to the magnificent grounds of historic Fort Jackson in Buras for its sixty-sixth anniversary. The three-day event celebrates a century of citrus farming with live music, family activities, local foods and carnival rides. And few festivals offer an array of competitions as diverse as this one: pie-eating, orange eating, kumquat stuffing, orange peeling, duck calling, shrimp peeling, catfish skinning and oyster shucking are all categories in which the competitive may excel. Gates open at 6 pm on Friday for the carnival and music by Big River Band. Main festivities take place from 10 am Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. Fort Jackson is off LA Highway 23. orangefestival.com