Wayne Toups will be the closing band for the Experience Louisiana Festival on Oct. 23. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The Experience Louisiana Festival will open its second year with a New Orleans style second line parade through the festival site.
Celeste Gomez, executive director of St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission, recognized the Eunice Rotary Club for it’s Experience Louisiana Festival held for the first time in 2015. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Celeste Gomez, executive director of St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission, recognized the Eunice Rotary Club for it’s Experience Louisiana Festival held for the first time in 2015.
Since the 1960s, locals and tourists have passed a good time at Lakeview Park and Beach just north of Eunice. The park changed ownership a few times over the years before being purchased by siblings Bonnie Kyzar Pitre, Laura Pitre and Lance Pitre in 2003. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Since the 1960s, locals and tourists have passed a good time at Lakeview Park and Beach just north of Eunice, and the park’s current owners are working to make sure that tradition continues for generations to come.
A series of guest chef demonstrations begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Jean Lafitte National Park Prairie Acadian Culture Center.
The event was announced by the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission and is being organized by Louisiana Kitchen & Culture magazine.
Bill Rodier, St. Landry Economic Development director, announces a branding campaign Thursday in Opelousas. Rodier was joined by Parish President Bill Fontenot in launching a campaign designed to highlight positive aspects of St. Landry Parish. See additional photos from the branding rollout in the gallery section of the webpage at the bottom right. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
A campaign to brand and bring the good news about St. Landry Parish to the forefront was introduced to about 50 people at the St. Landry Economic Development office Thursday.
“We’re Moving Forward” signs are to mark sites were good news is happening.
