June Festivals in Louisiana

From Shreveport to Bunkie, Peaches to Crabs–and More. Your Guide to June Festivals Across the State
Alyssa Schiaffino,
Louisiana Peach Festival: Crowd of people standing in line at tent with flags and tents in the background along the street
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Louisiana is a state filled with many amazing things: music, food, diverse heritage, fishing, hunting, festivals and more. While there are many resources for most of the Louisiana treasures–food influencers, magazines like ours, cultural centers and museums, wildlife and fisheries–there is a lack of a more central resource for festivals across the entire state.

Since we realized this, we started the Louisiana Life Festival Guide, beginning in May. Now, each month we’ll bring you the most comprehensive list of festivals across the state we can find, updated for changes year-to-year.

And, we’ve made it easy to see this list before each month begins, with our Louisiana Life Festival Guide newsletter, delivered to your inbox when you sign up for the Louisiana Life newsletter.

From Shreveport to Bunkie, peaches to crabs–and more, your guide to June festivals in Louisiana is listed below.

June Festivals in Louisiana (2026)

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge Pride Festival

Baton Rouge Pride Fest is an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and welcomes LGBTQ+ individuals, families, allies and supporters from across the region with a marketplace, drag entertainers, musicians and more.

 

Bunkie

Louisiana Corn Festival

Hosted by the Bunkie Chamber of Commerce since 1987, the Louisiana Corn Festival celebrates the impact of agriculture on the local economy and honors a Corn Farmer every year. The fest has music, a street dance, games, a corn-cooking contest, a children’s parade, pirogue races, a corn shucking contest and a corn-eating contest. There is also a state-wide softball tournament.

 

Cameron

Holly Beach Crab Festival 

  • June 12-14
  • Louisiana Souvenirs & Sundries, 2412 Heron St.
  • $10 3-day pass ($5 kids 12+, free 11 and under)
  • Visit Lake Charles

The Holly Beach Crab Festival includes a kids’ zone, food trucks, vendors, cookoff, crab pie-eating contest and more at Holly Beach along the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road.

 

Donaldsonville

Juneteenth Music Festival

  • June 13, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. 
  • Louisiana Square, 300 Railroad Ave.
  • Admission cost not listed 
  • Facebook 

Donaldsonville’s 31st Juneteenth Music Festival offers music, food vendors, shopping and Juneteenth history in a celebration of freedom, culture and sound. 

 

Gheens

Gheens Bon Mangé Festival

Held the first full weekend of June, the Gheens Bon Mangé (eat good) Festival showcases live bands, auctions, a sweet shop, local traditional Cajun dishes and air conditioning at the Vacherie-Gheens Community Center. 

 

Franklin

Soul Food Festival

The Soul Food Festival is a family-friendly weekend with music, food, community fun, live performances, a health village, races, special exhibition and more. A gospel brunch will close out the festival on Sunday, June 22, at 11 a.m. 

 

Lafayette

Creole Culture Day Celebration 

  • June 7, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 
  • 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette (Vermilionville)
  • Free admission 
  • Facebook Event

Creole Culture Day is a celebration of the notable contributions of Creoles in Acadiana, featuring family fun, history, music, art, delicious food, crafts and the announcement of the 2026 Richard J. Catalon Creole Heritage Award recipient. 

Juneteenth R&B Festival

  • June 19, 4 – 10 p.m.
  • LARC’s Acadian Village (200 Greanleaf Dr.)
  • No admission cost listed 
  • Facebook

Lafayette’s Juneteenth R&B Festival is a family-friendly celebration showcasing music, food trucks, karaoke and shopping to raise money for LARC. 

 

Lake Arthur

Freedom Fest

  • June 27, 10 a.m. 
  • 102 Arthur Ave.
  • Free admission
  • Facebook

Freedom Fest offers family fun, live music, games, contests, a parade and a fireworks show to end the night.

Lake Charles

Juneteenth Freedom Festival

The Juneteenth Freedom Festival is a week-long, family-friendly celebration with a parade, car show, senior bingo, concert, community cleanup, gospel brunch and more.

 

Larose

Cajun Heritage Festival

  • June 6-7
  • Larose Regional Park and Civic Center (307 East 5th St.)
  • Free
  • Facebook

The Cajun Heritage Festival features a yearly decoy carving contest, carving demos, decoy raffle, large auction and a duck calling contest for all ages.

 

Marrero

WADADA Day/Juneteenth

  • June 20, 1-6 p.m. 
  • Wag’s Food & Culture (1601 Plaza Dr.)
  • No admission cost listed 
  • Facebook Event

This June 20 celebration honors Juneteenth while showcasing WADADA Day, a traveling celebration of peace, unity, love and fun. There will also be the Alafia Market, a crafters’ market designed to showcase local artists, businesses and community organizations. 

 

New Orleans

Black Pride Weekend 

Black Pride NOLA hosts Black Pride Weekend with a range of events, including a legacy summit, yoga and sound bath class, tailgate, nighttime parties and more. 

Creole Tomato Festival

  • June 6-7
  • French Market (1008 N Peters St.)
  • Admission cost not listed
  • Facebook

The 40th Annual Creole Tomato Festival is filled with live music, Creole tomato cuisine, free kids’ activities, free dance lessons, cooking demos, live alligator petting, three music stages and a tomato-eating contest. 

Juneteenth Festival

The festival provides an artistic space for African American performing artists, vendors and speakers while celebrating Juneteenth. 

 

Oberlin

Allen Parish Juneteenth Celebration 

  • June 20, 11 a.m. (Parade starts at 10 a.m.)
  • Allen Parish Civic Center (609 Tiger Ln.)
  • No admission cost listed
  • Facebook Event 

The Allen Parish Juneteenth Celebration is a family-friendly event featuring a DJ, singers, praise dancers, poets, a kids’ station and more. The first 50 guests at the event will receive a goodie bag.

 

Ruston

Louisiana Peach Festival

The Louisiana Peach Festival dates back to 1951, when local peach farmers sought to raise awareness for the industry. Now hosted by the Ruston Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau and Downtown Ruston, the festival is a celebration of local talent and, of course, peaches. 

 

Shreveport

Cross Lake Floatilla 

  • June 20 (Gates open at 9 a.m,)
  • El Karubah Shriners/Cross Lake (6230 S Lakeshore Dr.)
  • Admission cost not listed
  • Facebook

Enjoy Cross Lake while floating on the water with food, live music, games and more at the Cross Lake Floatilla. 

Let the Good Times Roll Festival 

The Let the Good Times Roll Festival, hosted in coordination with Juneteenth, is an annual celebration of African American culture with soul, gospel, hip-hop and R&B performances. The festival also includes a variety of food and art booths.

 

Slidell

Slidell Heritage Festival 

  • June 27, 5 p.m.
  • Heritage Park (1701 Bayou Ln.)
  • $15 admission online and cash only at the gate 
    • Free for kids 12 and under 
  • slidellheritagefest.org 

The Slidell Heritage Festival, a day of family fun, raises money for local charities and features music, fireworks, vendors and food trucks.

Did we miss something? Submit your festival to alyssa@louisianalife.com.
Categories: Around The State, Events, Festivals, Food+Drink, Lagniappe, Music, Things To Do

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