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The Abita Springs Busker Festival is April 7 at the Abita Trail Had stage. The music goes on from 11:30 AM until 7:00 PM.  Bring your lawn chairs, sit back, relax, get something good to eat and drink, and spend a spring day in the beautiful surroundings of the Abita Springs Trail Head. Plenty of great food, crafts, and beverages. Admission is free. 

Perhaps nothing captures the spirit of the Abita Springs Busker Fest more poignantly than the timeless piece created by hometown artist Kimberly Berkely and used to promote the first festival

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Louisiana punches way above its weight in all things food, and with the state's layered culinary influences, pizza is no exception.

Dec 1-3 | Fontainebleau State Park - Groupsite 1 Come stay in beautiful Fontainebleau State Park and learn, move and groove with Swing, Latin, Brass, Cajun-Creole, Zydeco, & Appalachian communities in South Louisiana. This immersive weekend features daytime and evening live music performances and workshops by South Louisiana musicians, dancers, and culture bearers. 

The crumbling brick ruins of a sugar mill built in 1829 by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, founder of the nearby town of Mandeville, suggest an interesting history for this site, and indeed there is. The wealthy Marigny developed this area across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans as a sugar plantation until 1852. The plantation income helped support his lavish lifestyle. He named his large landholding Fontainebleau after the beautiful forest near Paris, a favorite recreation area of the Fren...

Dec 1-3 | Fontainebleau State Park - Groupsite 1 Come stay in beautiful Fontainebleau State Park and learn, move and groove with Swing, Latin, Brass, Cajun-Creole, Zydeco, & Appalachian communities in South Louisiana. This immersive weekend features daytime and evening live music performances and workshops by South Louisiana musicians, dancers, and culture bearers. 

At many taprooms, there is no missing the fact that you’re sipping your IPA in an industrial setting, with all the moving parts of the beer making process within view.

Main Stage 11-12:00pm: Imagination Movers 12:30-1:15pm: Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue 1:45-2:30pm: Strange Roux 3-3:45pm: Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces 4:15-5:00pm: Lost Bayou Ramblers 5:30-7:00pm: Tyler Farr Trail Stage 12-12:30pm: Tom Leggett 1:15-1:45pm: Lilli Lewis 2:30-3:00pm: Cactus Thief 3:45-4:15pm: The Stumpgrinders 5-5:30pm: Christian Serpas & Ghost Town

Abita Springs Fall Fest After Dark 5:30-6:00: Julian Primeaux 6:30-7:15: Bon Bon Vivant 7:45-9:00: Marc Broussard