Sunflower Trail & Festival
Small-town arts & crafts festival, plus a sunflower-festooned driving tour to boot.
Red River Crossroads Museum 12797 Main Street, Gilliam, Louisiana 71029
The annual Sunflower Trail and Festival brings art and entertainment to the grounds of the Red River Crossroads Museum in Gilliam. Visitors can find all sorts of handmade items by heritage crafters and artists for sale, arts and crafts activities for kids, exhibits of local art, a sunflower photography contest exhibit, and more. Returning this year are exhibits of local vintage tractors at the old Linda Lay Church site. Food and refreshment vendors are on-site, or you could visit one of several local favorites like Main Street Restaurant, James Country Store Restaurant, and D&I Café and Deli.
Of course, you wouldn't drive all that way without taking time to explore the Sunflower Trail, which takes you by several fields planted with sunflowers, and quite a few wildflower meadows. To drive it, turn right at Old Dixie Gin and Sentell Road, and drive the loop around the levee. Sentell Road circles back to Highway 3049 at Cornerstone Baptist Church, just north of Dixie. Festival from 9 am–3 pm. Admission is free. More details at redrivercrossroadshistorical.org.
