2014 Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival scheduled

FRIDAY, AUG. 29
1-4 p.m. Artist Guild Unlimited 51st Annual Show and Sale (Everett Street Gallery)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cultural & Heritage Expo (building adjacent to festival office)
5-8 p.m. Information booth with AARP volunteers (Lawrence Park)
5 p.m.-midnight Carnival – Mitchell Brothers Amusement
5-11 p.m. Cajun Culinary Classic (Lawrence Park)
5-9 p.m. 37th Annual Arts & Crafts Show and Sale
5-6:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Tommy G & Stormy Weather”
7-11 p.m. Lawrence Park Gazebo “Best Seats in the House,” sponsored by Earl P. King Jr.
7-8:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Drunk Punch Ponies”
9-11 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Supercharger”
SATURDAY, AUG. 30
8 a.m. 5K Fun Run/Walk (City Hall, Morgan City)
8 a.m. Visiting Queen’s day begins. Limousine sponsored by Allen’s TV Cable Service and People Haulers Inc.
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Festival Car Show/Cypress Corvette Club (M.D. Shannon school grounds). Awards ceremony 3-3:30 p.m.
9 a.m.-11 p.m. Children’s Day activities, field games, races and children’s contest (Lawrence Park). Sponsored by family of Oliver and Marion Bergeron.
9 a.m.- 9 p.m. 37th Annual Arts & Crafts Show and Sale
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Artist Guild Unlimited 51st Annual Show and Sale (Everett Street Gallery)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Information booth (Lawrence Park)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cultural & Heritage Expo (building adjacent to festival office)
11:30 a.m. Children’s Day mini street parade (First Street and Lawrence Park)
Noon Queens’ Day in the Park (Lawrence Park)
Noon-Midnight Carnival – Mitchell Brothers Amusements
Noon-11 p.m. Cajun Culinary Classic (Lawrence Park)
Noon-12:30 p.m. Introduction of visiting Louisiana Festival Queens (Music Stage, Lawrence Park)
1:30-3:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “At Fault”
1 p.m. Children’s Village, Ribbon Cutting (Lawrence Park). Sponsored by Teche Regional Medical Center, Guidry Orthodontics, New Industries
3-10 p.m. Fellowship of Love Gospel Stage (M.D. Shannon Elementary School)
4-6 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Velvet Sky”
6:30-11 p.m. Lawrence Park Gazebo “Best Seats in the House”
6:30-8:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Snapper & the Fishsticks)
9-11 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Voodoo Gumbo”
SUNDAY, AUG. 31
8:30-9:30 a.m. Mass in the Park (Lawrence Park or Holy Cross Church for inclement weather).
9 a.m.-9 p.m. 37th Annual Arts & Crafts Show and Sale
10 a.m.-Noon Blessing of the Fleet and Water Parade (Atchafalaya River). Sponsored by Tidewater.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Artist Guild Unlimited 51st Annual Show and Sale (Everett Street Gallery)
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information booth (Lawrence Park)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cultural & Heritage Expo (building adjacent to festival office)
Noon-Midnight Carnival – Mitchell Brothers Amusements
Noon-11 p.m. Cajun Culinary Classic (Lawrence Park)
1 p.m. Children’s Village (Lawrence Park)
1:30-3:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Chubby Carrier”
3 p.m. Street parade (downtown historic district)
3-10 p.m. Fellowship of Love Gospel Stage (M.D. Shannon Elementary School)
4-6 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Brasher/Bogue”
6:30-11 p.m. Lawrence Park Gazebo “Best Seats in the House”
6:30-8:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Frontiers”
9-11 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Mojeaux”
9 p.m. Fireworks on the River. Sponsored by Bollinger, G&J Land & Marine, Teche Regional Medical Center, Town of Berwick, Earl P. King Jr.
MONDAY, SEPT. 1
9 a.m.-9 p.m. 37th Annual Arts & Crafts Show and Sale
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Artist Guild Unlimited 51st Annual Show and Sale (Everett Street Gallery)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cultural & Heritage Expo (building adjacent to festival office)
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Information booth (Lawrence Park)
Noon-9 p.m. Carnival – Mitchell Brothers Amusements
Noon-4 p.m. POP ride bracelet $25
1-2:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Amanda Shaw”
3-4:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “South 70”
5-9 p.m. Lawrence Park Gazebo “Best Seats in the House”
5-6:30 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Hal Bruni Band”
5-9 p.m. POP ride bracelet $25
7-9 p.m. Festival Music Stage “Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys”

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