Enjoy an old fashioned country fair family day at Celebration on the Cane, Natchitoches’ Fourth of July celebration.
The day kicks off at 9 a.m. with the Cane River Green Market, Natchitoches’ only local farmers market. Besides fresh produce, customers can choose from a selection of “value-added products” including farm fresh eggs, breads, jams, honey and much more. Craft vendors will have handmade items such as woodwork, jewelry and art.
A children’s patriotic parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the Natchitoches Events Center parking lot, located at 750 Second St. The parade will take place throughout the Historic District, ending at Bank of Montgomery. There is no fee to enter the parade and prizes will be awarded for best costume and best decorated.
Children’s activities will take place throughout the day including water activities, arts and crafts, fair games, a karaoke contest, dunking booth and cake walk. Other activities include a Burger Cook-off, Blue-Ribbon Bakeoff and hotdog and pie eating contests.
Food vendors will be selling fair type foods throughout the day and picnic blankets will be provided for families to enjoy lunch on the downtown riverbank. Green Market vendors will have hotdogs, pies, tamales, watermelons and beverages.
Beauregard’s Courtesy will provide live musical entertainment from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the downtown riverbank followed by the Detention Center Choir from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Later that day, Kim Brasso and LA Boogie will perform on the Fleur de Lis from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The evening will culminate with a fireworks show over Cane River Lake that will take place at approximately 9 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.natchitoches.net or call the Natchitoches Main Street Office at (866) 941-6246 or the Natchitoches Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 259-1714.
