Contraband Days 2012

8 a.m.: Contraband Days 5-Miler by the Lake Area Runners — Capital One Building, downtown Lake Charles

10 a.m.: 15th Annual Contraband Days Car Show — Sponsor: O'Reilly Auto Parts

3 p.m.: Contraband Days Boat Parade

4 p.m.: Adam Trent — Encore Matinee Performance — LCCC Rosa Hart Theatre

9 p.m.: 55th Annual Fireworks Party, with special performance by Ryan Andreas, as seen on NBC-TV's "America's Got Talent" (Invitation Required) — LCCC Buccaneer Room & 3rd Floor Balcony

10:15 p.m.: Contraband Days Annual "Fireworks Spectacular!"

4 p.m.: Festival gates open, with Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace, Emerson Pony Rides and USS Orleck Laser Tag — LCCC Contraband Days Rm. (2nd Floor)

5 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides

Malibu Rum Stage — LCCC Coliseum

7 p.m.: Bryan Fontenot

8:30 P.M.: Contraband Days Presents Josh Turner On His Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Tour, sponsored by the Isle Of Capri Casino Hotel

Malibu Rum Outdoor Stage:

5 p.m.: Mark Reeves Band

4 p.m.: Festival gates open, with Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides with Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace, Emerson Pony Rides and USS Orleck Laser Tag — LCCC Contraband Days Rm. (2nd Floor)

Activities:

7 p.m.: Adam Trent Magic Reinvented — Sponsored by McDonald's — LCCC Rosa Hart Theatre 

Pirate's Cove:

4 p.m.: Charles Lyons

6 p.m.: Kris Harper & Matt Moss

 Kid's World Stage:

5 p.m.: Gyth Rigdon

7 p.m.: The Summit Worship Band

6 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival

11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.: The Lake Charles/SWLA Convention & Visitors Bureau presents Restaurant Day: "A Taste of Southwest Louisiana" in celebration of National Tourism Week.

6 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival

6 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival

12 p.m.: Festival gates open, with Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides with Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace, Emerson Pony Rides and USS Orleck Laser Tag — LCCC Contraband Days Rm. (2nd Floor)

Activities:

9 a.m.: "Geaux Reaux Yeaux Pireaux" Contest — Pirogue Build & Launch Begins — LCCC Grounds

1 p.m.: Roller Derby Exhibition Games — LCCC Coliseum 

3 p.m.: Bed Races Start — LCCC Grounds

4:30 p.m.: Pirougue Race Start — Seawall

5:30 p.m.: "Show Me Your Dinghy" Contest & Parade — Seawall

10 a.m.: Festival Gates Open, with Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace, Emerson Pony Rides and * USS Orleck Laser Tag — LCCC Contraband Days Rm. (2nd Floor)

12 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides

Activities: 

6 a.m.: "Tour Lafitte 2012" Registration and Packet Pick Up — LCCC Grounds

7:30 a.m.: "Tour Lafitte 212" Start — LCCC Grounds

4 p.m.: Festival Gates Open, with Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace, Emerson Pony Rides and * USS Orleck Laser Tag — LCCC Contraband Days Rm. (2nd Floor)

5 p.m.: Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides

Activities:

5 p.m.: Lake Charles Cannon Firing to Protect the City - Seawall

6 p.m.: Buccaneers begin shore landing - Seawall

7 p.m.: Jean Lafitte and Buccaneers Force City Mayors to "Walk the Plank" - Seawall

Malibu Rum Outdoor Stage:

6 p.m.: Ryan Andreas (As seen on NBC-TV's "America's Got Talent")

Family Day - National Day of Prayer (Alcohol-Free Evening )

4 p.m.  Festival Gates Open, with Todd Armstrong Carnival Rides, Galley Alley Food Booths, Pirate Marketplace and  Emerson Pony Rides

Lake Charles Civic Center Coliseum:

6 p.m.:  Waters Edge Band

7 p.m.:  Tenth Avenue North, Presented by "Just for Jesus," Profit & Loss Association and LA Radio Communications

Kid's World Stage:

5 p.m.:  Steve Gryb: "The Pied Piper of Percussion"