Experience Louisiana Festival schedule
The following is the schedule for the Experience Louisiana Festival.
CEB — Community Education Building
HPE — Health & Physical Education Building
Saturday, Oct. 22
7 a.m. Traditional Cajun Boucherie (near Musician’s Village).
8 a.m. Cameron’s Shoes Foundation 5k.
9 a.m. Savoy Music Center Jam Session (Musician’s Village).
10 a.m. Classic Car & Truck Show opens.
Game of Petanque.
9:45 a.m. Opening ceremony, Second Line Parade from Artist Village to Main Stage led by Hacienda Brass Band, LA Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and festival partners; Join in with a decorated umbrella for a chance to win a prize.
10 a.m. Festival officially opens
Band: CFMA-sponsored Band (Main Stage).
Food booths open (Main Grounds).
Folklife Village opens — folk demonstrators.
Artist Village opens — Boogaloo Crew at 10 a.m
Craft Village opens.
Walk-Through Louisiana opens.
CFMA jam sessions begin (end at 4 p.m.)
Exhibits open.
11 a.m. Sausage-making demonstration, Eunice Superette food booth.
Softball: LSU Eunice Baseball Alumni Softball Game (Bengal Stadium).
Film Village opens (CEB West Auditorium), festival introduction.
Bubble Parade! (Artist Village).
11:15 a.m. Film: “Secretariat’s Jockey: Ron Turcotte” by Phil Comeau (CEB W Auditorium).
Tammie Townsley & Lydia Crochet, Children’s Storytime (Artist Village).
11:20 a.m. Second Line Parade led by Hacienda Brass Band, from Artist Village to Main Stage, short set at Main
Stage then parade back to Artist Village.
Noon band: Cypress Band featuring Warren Storm & Willie Tee (Main Stage).
Softball: LSU Eunice v. UL-Lafayette (Lady Bengal Stadium).
Stuart DeRouen, Acoustic Musician (Artist Village).
12:30 p.m. Hacienda Brass Band, 45 minute set on Artist Village Stage.
1 pm Film: “By the River of Babylon: An Elegy for South Louisiana” by Don Howard & Jim Shelton
(CEB W Auditorium).
Eunice Mardi Gras Association Mini Run (LSUE Campus Drive, west side of festival grounds).
Ends with a Narrative/Discussion at the Eunice Mardi Gras Exhibit in CEB Lobby.
1:30 p.m. Skies Speak, Electronic Musician (Artist Village).
2 p.m. Band: Cha Wa (Main Stage).
2:15 p.m. Film: Panel Discussion and visit with filmmakers and Todd Ortego of KBON
(CEB W Auditorium).
2:20 p.m. LeTrainjump, Funk/Pop Band (Artist Village)
3 p.m. Baseball: LSU Eunice v. LSU Alexandria — Doubleheader (Bengal Stadium).
Film: “Forever Waves” staring Kristin Diable, directed by Jeff Roedel (CEB W Auditorium).
Boogaloo Crew (Artist Village).
3:50 p.m. Bubble Parade! (Artist Village).
4 p.m. Band: Performance (Main Stage)
Mel LeCompte Jr. & Jerica Guillory, Children’s Storytime (Artist Village).
5 p.m. Folklife Village Closes Traditional Cajun Jam, Cajun Musicians (Artist Village).
Film: “Sushi and Sauce Piquante” at the Queen Cinema, Downtown Eunice (Sold out).
5:30 p.m. Bayou Teche Brewery Tapping the Keg (Main Stage)
6 p.m. Band: Rendezvous de Cajun Radio Show, live broadcast. (Main Stage).
Featured Band: Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie.
7:30 p.m. Festival closes.
Sunday, Oct. 23
8 a.m. Community Bike Ride (Partner TRAIL).
10 a.m. Game of Petanque.
10:30 a.m. Festival officially opens
Band: Sabra & The Get Rights (Main Stage).
Food booths open (Main Grounds).
Folklife Village opens — folk demonstrators.
Artist Village opens, Skies Speak, Electronic musician at 10:30 a.m.
Craft Village opens.
Walk-Through Louisiana opens.
We Weren’t Born here, but we got here as fast as we could jam session (near Artist Village), led by Jim Phillips & Carl Brazell, ends at 12:30 p.m.
Mardi Gras exhibits open (Community Ed Building Lobby).
11 a.m. Cooking demonstration: Chef James Hamilton (CEB Culinary Arts Room).
11:30 a.m. Film: “Dirty Rice” by Pat Mire (CEB W Auditorium).
Brennan Sanders, Poetry (Artist Village).
11:45 a.m. Bubble Parade! (Artist Village).
Noon Mel LeCompte Jr. & The Moodoggies, Children’s Entertainment (Artist Village).
Tentative: Roman Catholic Latin Mass (LSUE Quadrangle, center of campus).
12:30 p.m. Band: The Band Courtbouillon (Main Stage).
12:50 p.m. Tom Coleman, Cajun Stories & Tall Tales (Artist Village).
1 p.m. Cooking demonstration: George Graham (CEB Culinary Arts Room).
Boudin-making demonstration: Eunice Superette food booth.
Softball: LSU Alexandria v. McNeese (Lady Bengal Stadium).
Film: “Eunice, Louisiana Makes a Movie The 20-Year Reunion of Dirty Rice” (CEB W
Auditorium).
1:30 p.m. Silver Belles, senior dance group (Artist Village).
2 p.m. Confetti Park, children’s entertainment (Artist Village).
2:30 p.m. Band: Wayne Toups (Main Stage).
3 p.m. Cooking demonstration: Chef Christopher Thames (CEB Culinary Arts Room).
Bubble Parade! (Artist Village).
3:30 p.m. Jerica Guillory, Children’s Storytime (Artist Village).
4 p.m. Festival closes.
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