Port Barre Cracklin Festival
The annual Cracklin Festival sizzles with St. Landry culture, from the crunch of fresh cracklin to the stomping beat of live Cajun and zydeco music.
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Veterans Park 504 Saizan Avenue, Port Barre, Louisiana 70577
Celebrate over three decades of crispy fried pork skin as you crunch your way through this pork-fueled fiesta. In addition to a cracklin cook-off, there will be carnival rides, live music, a parade, and other blood-pressure-raising kinds of excitement. After a Thursday family-night preview (free admission), the festival opens again at 5 pm Friday with the Brad James Swallow Band, followed by performances by other local favorites; a parade opens things on Saturday at 10 am, with live bands playing from all through the rest of the weekend. $5 per day; ten and under get in free all weekend. cracklinfest.com.