Louisiana Swine Festival
Since 1966, the tiny prairie town of Basile has honored its swine-farming ancestors with three days of pork cook-offs, boudin-eating contests, hog calling, a Swine Festival mass, street dancing, and the coronation of Queen Petunia and King Porky.
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"A five-day dockside celebration in the small shrimping village of Delcambre where the fleet is blessed, fresh Gulf shrimp is served every style imaginable, and Cajun and zydeco bands play into the bayou night."
Delcambre Shrimp Festival
"Held since 1977 in the self-proclaimed Duck Capital of America, Gueydan's four-day festival celebrates Acadiana's waterfowl hunting heritage with a state duck and goose calling contest, skeet shooting, dog trials, decoy carving, outdoor cooking contests, a grand parade, and plenty of Cajun food."
Gueydan Duck Festival
"America's oldest chartered outdoor festival, Morgan City's five-day Labor Day celebration on the Atchafalaya Basin honours the twin pillars of the Cajun coastal economy - the shrimping fleet and offshore oil industry - with a blessing of the shrimp fleet, a seafood cook-off, Cajun and Creole food, and live music."
Shrimp and Petroleum Festival
"Held on Labor Day weekend in Opelousas, the birthplace of Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier, this long-running festival celebrates the Creole roots of Zydeco music with live bands, washboard accordion jams, and the food traditions of the Creole prairie communities of St. Landry Parish."
Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival
"Held each September in the self-styled Cajun Music Capital of the World, this two-day festival fills Mamou's streets with accordion-driven Cajun bands, fiddles, and traditional games including nail-driving contests, washboard tournaments, and a greased-pole climb."
Mamou Cajun Music Festival
"New Iberia's harvest-season festival crowns a Queen Sugar, blesses the sugarcane crop in a riverside ceremony, and fills Bouligny Plaza with fais-do-dos, cookery demonstrations, and the sweet smells of fresh-ground cane."
Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival
"The Blanco County Fair in LBJ Country brings together local ranching and farming families for livestock judging, ag exhibits, and small-town fair traditions in a county seat of just 1,600 people."
Blanco County Fair and Rodeo Association Fair
"A week-long hometown agricultural fair at the Howard County Fairgrounds in the rural village of West Friendship, combining livestock shows, demolition derby, carnival rides, and funnel cakes in a classic Maryland tradition."
Howard County Fair
"Held in the historic Civil War village of Beverly, this traditional county fair features livestock competitions, 4-H exhibits, harness racing, and mountain community pageantry in the heart of the Tygart Valley."
Randolph County Fair
"Set in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country, this county agricultural fair in tiny Millersburg showcases livestock, harness racing, 4-H exhibits, and the distinct flavour of Holmes County's farming heritage."
Holmes County Fair
"A six-day Sagadahoc County agricultural fair with a century of tradition behind it, featuring harness racing, livestock competitions, mechanical pulls, craft exhibits, and all the classic fair food of the Maine summer circuit."
Topsham Fair
"The free-admission county fair of southeast Minnesota's Mower County, held in the Spam capital of the world, Austin, packs six days of livestock shows, a carnival and live grandstand acts into a classic mid-century fairground."
Mower County Free Fair