Louisiana FestivalsLooking for top-notch, inexpensive family entertainment, great food, a beautiful outdoor experience and some of the best music in the world? 
Mardi GrasMark Twain once wrote that a traveler "... has not see the United States until he has see Mardi Gras in New Orleans."
EventsOur festivals and events are living illustrations of Louisiana's unique culture. If you can grow it, hunt it, eat it or dance to it, we celebrate it.
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
