Cotton Festival
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North Side Civic Center 704 North Soileau Street, Ville Platte, Louisiana 70586
Going strong since the early 1950s, Ville Platte's Cotton Festival, so named for the Delta and Pine Land Cotton raised there, features all the fun of a typical small-town fest. The fun continues for a week, with a food fest, a pet show, a fais do-do street dance, and more. It all closes out with Le Tournoi on Sunday. The ancient jousting sport, first played by French knights and later brought to Louisiana by its French settlers used to battle the seven banes of cotton—boll-worm, boll-weevil, flood, drought, rayon, nylon, and silk. Check out the plans for this year's food, fais do-do, carnival, and parade at louisianacottonfestival.com.
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