Festivals and Celebration
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FEBRUARY
"Calling All Lovers" Romance under the Evangeline Oak.
February 11, 2012
Reception in honor of couples who were married or engaged under the Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville.
337-394-2258
Annual Rotary Club Mardi Gras Ball
February 11, 2012
Cade Community Center
Tickets $25. Call 394-9726 for Information. Dress rehearsal Friday night February 10th.
Cornicopia Ball
February 18, 2012
Cade Community Center, Cade, LA
sponsored by the St. Martinville Creole Farmer's Market.
Children's Mardi Gras Ball, Tickets $15.00
For Info call 337-789-3592. Dress rehearsal Friday night 17th at 7PM. $10.00
La Grand Boucherie Des Cajuns
Magnolia Park, St. Martinville
February 18, 2012
Always the Saturday before Mardi Gras
Cajun Bands, Arts & Crafts, Food, Fun, Refreshments and much more!
Butchering of the Pig, and Squeal like a Pig Contest.
337-394-6683
Mardi Gras Newcomer's Parade
Main St. , St. Martinville
February 19, 2012, 1:00pm
Sunday before Mardi Gras
Parade will travel down Hwy 31 (Main Street), starting at St. Martinville
Senior High School, ending at Main and Denier Street.
For visitor information call Clara Tyler at 337-380-6031.
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MARCH
Acadian Memorial Festival
Evangeline Oak Park, St. Martinville
March 17, 2012
Annually on the 3rd Saturday of March.
Museum style festival which highlights Cajun traditions and music.
Wooden boats, theatre, Mardi Gras mask making, storytelling
Longfellow film and readings, reenactment of the arrival of the Acadians
on the Bayou Teche. Call 337-394-2258 for more information.
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APRIL
Sunday Funday
St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church
337-394-6021
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MAY
May Day Celebration -St Martin de Tours
337-394-6021
Last Weekend in May.
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JUNE
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JULY
Acadian Day of Remembrance
July 28, 2012
Acadian Memorial
Memorial service to remember the Acadian victims who died during the years of the deportation.
337-394-2258
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AUGUST
National Day of the Acadians
August 15, 2012
Acadian Memorial
337-394-2258
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SEPTEMBER
Creole Zydeco Festival
September 2, 2012
Annually on the Sunday before Labor Day
Adam Carlson Park
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OCTOBER
African-American Museum's Annual Okra Festival
October 6, 2012
New Market Street
for more information call 337-394-2273
Tour du Teche
October 5 - 7, 2012
www.techeproject.com
for more information call 337-394-2230
Pepper Festival
October 21, 2012
Evangeline Oak Park
www.pepperfestival.org
Chariot Parade
October 21, 2012
St. Martin Church Square
for more information call 337-394-2230
Notre Dame Church Fair
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
St Lucy Festival of Lights & K.C. Christmas Parade
December 9, 2012
St Martin de Tours Church Square
337-394-6021
