Louisiana Sugarcane Festival

This eighty-year-old New Iberia festival launches the annual grinding season with a sweet, sweet celebration of local farmers. The festival honors the industry with a blessing of the crop, a 5K race, the naming of a King and Queen, food, Cajun music, and  the procession of several parades down Main Street. The Cyr Gates Community Center will be the site for events and competitions including a sugar-centric cooking competition, an art show, and a garden and flower display. Plus, the SugArena at the Acadiana Fairgrounds will host a 4-H livestock show, and Farm Fest will take place at Shadows on the Teche. 

Wear your dancing shoes: The Cajun and Zydeco music lineup includes Rouge Krewe, the Chee Weez, Ryan Foret, Geno Delafose, and Chris Ardoin,  Free. Find schedule and more information at hisugar.org.