Shreveport - Bossier, Louisiana's Other Side

Post-season college football bowl game featuring teams from the ACC and Mountain West Conferences. Played in late December. For tickets call 888-414-2695 or 318-221-0712. Mailing address is 401 Market St., Ste 120, Shreveport, LA 71101.

Black history parade. Begins at Municipal Auditorium. First weekend in February.

Each May, ARTBREAK features Caddo and Bossier Parish students in juried exhibits and free hands-on art activities. The largest children's festival in the state, ARTBREAK is a weekend of dance, music, theater, food, fun and a 5K road race. Admission is free!

Annual air show at Barksdale Air Force Base.

Interactive demonstrations of quilting, soap making and more. Folk music and food. Historical buildings and Heritage Village.

Arts and crafts, food booths, parade and turkey shoot are featured in this festival celebrating Rodessa's past as an oil industry in Louisiana.

A premier beer tasting event and concert.

A fantasy wonderland of lights, holiday scenes and entertainment.

Fireworks festival on Caddo Lake with local entertainment, concessions and Santa. Booths open, 3 p.m. Fireworks, 6:30 p.m.

Celebrates popular Mexican holiday. Music, food, 5K run. Festival Plaza.

Celebrate Christmas with week-long activities that culminate with a parade.

Music, fun and poker-run on Cross Lake.

Self-guided driving tour, home tours, churches, cotton gins, country store, museum, and cotton fields. Last Saturday in September.

Each November the best local and national musicians converge on the Park for Shreveport's own "party in the park."

Annual festival celebrating Spring and the Louisiana Purchase. Festival includes a 10-day carnival at Festival Plaza, the Classic Parade through downtown Shreveport, block parties, and special events for families and individuals alike.

The Holiday Trail of Lights offers millions of lights, fireworks, live entertainment, Christmas musicals and parades. Two states and six cities: Marshall, Kilgore, and Jefferson, Texas, and Shreveport-Bossier City and Natchitoches, Louisiana, all within a one-hour drive of each other, are connected by a short drive on interstate highways.

Features royalty in colorful costumes on grand floats that parade at the Louisiana Boardwalk.

Mardi Gras pet parade sponsored by the animal krewe.

Parade featuring floats, bands and more. Some four million beads, doubloons, cups and more are tossed to visitors.

Large parade featuring large floats, marching bands and millions of throws.

Neighborhood Mardi Gras parade with lots of floats and plenty of throws.

Mardi Gras parade features marching bands, dance troups, elaborate floats, lots of throws.

Annual Independence Day Festival at Festival Plaza and the Bossier Teague Parkway. For more information contact Jan Elkins at 318861-5843 or jelkins@ktbs.com.

The music, art and food of African American culture are highlighted. Third weekend in June. Festival Plaza.

Always the third Saturday in March. 5K run, parade, live music, food and craft booths.

A regional celebration of the carnival season which features parades, balls, and other special events.

Memorial Day weekend celebration of Louisiana's Cajun heritage. Boiled crawfish, Cajun/Creole food, great music, children's area, crafts. Festival Plaza.

Held each September, this all-day festival features arts and crafts, concessions, games, entertainment, parade and contests. Call for dates.

The festival is held the 2nd Saturday of each May. A parade, craft booths, food, carnival and entertainment are highlights.

Family fun, jack-o-lanterns, entertainment, and food.

Hundreds of the country's top artists, craftsmen, entertainers, and culinary masters come together each October for this annual festival of the arts. There is a remarkable variety of food and activities for children. Festival Plaza.

Fourth of July celebration with fireworks, food, music and fun. Festival Plaza.

Each April the American Rose Center celebrates the blooming season. Highlighting the event is a seminar on growing roses and other activities.

17 thrilling days of family fun & livestock shows.

Festival with crafts, entertainment, food and trail of sunflowers planted along Hwy. 3049 north to Gilliam. Always last Saturday in June.

Horses, trainers, and riders come from around the country to compete at Harrah's Louisiana Downs during the festival which culminates in the Grade I Super Derby.

Official beginning of Mardi Gras. All krewes present their royalty.

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