Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival
Ever wanted to prove you're the true master of orange peeling? Now's your chance!
Fort Jackson 38039 Highway 23, Buras-Triumph, Louisiana 70041
Jackson Hill
Orange you glad there's something to celebrate besides Christmas? This year the Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival returns to the magnificent grounds of historic Fort Jackson in Buras. The three-day event celebrates a century of citrus farming with live music, family activities, local foods, Civil War re-enactments on the hour, carnival and helicopter rides—and lots of cooking and eating contests. Few festivals offer an array of competitions as diverse as this one: pie eating, orange eating, orange peeling, duck calling, shrimp peeling, catfish skinning, catfish de-heading, and oyster shucking are all categories in which the competitive may excel. Fort Jackson is off Highway 23. Friday is focused on the carnival, but the events begin on Saturday. orangefestival.com.
