This summer festival in Ruston, Louisiana, has been named 2025’s Festival of the Year, and its 75th-anniversary celebration is shaping up to be its biggest event yet.
It's no secret that we love our festivals in Louisiana. That being said, can you believe we're not number one on the list of "Festival-Obsessed States"?
The Great Acadian Awakening Music Festival is scheduled for the first weekend in October to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of what we now call our "Cajun" ancestors from the area known today as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.