Shrimp and Petroleum Festival
Louisiana's oldest harvest festival is back.
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Lawrence Park 3rd Street, Morgan City, Louisiana 70380
Booth after booth after booth of festival food is the calling card of the long-running Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, which has returned to Morgan City every summertime for over eighty years. Famous for its Historic Blessing of the Fleet and boat parade, which features decorated shrimp boats, pleasure crafts, offshore supply boats, and some of the biggest "muscle" boats of the offshore industry, this festival has been rated a top 20 Southeast Tourism Society event. Time magazine described the festival as "...the best, the most unusual, the most down-home, the most moving and the most fun that the country has to offer." This five-day crustacean celebration is one of Louisiana's oldest harvest festivals, and with loads of events, there is something for everyone. The entertainment includes continuous live music by local and national acts, an arts & crafts show and sale, a children's village, fireworks, a car show, bass & softball tournaments, the huge Cajun Culinary Classic cooking contest, and lots more. Event locations vary, with most of the action centered around downtown Morgan City's Lawrence Park. Free. shrimpandpetroleum.org.
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