Music at the Magnolia Café Friday October 21
st – Late Evening
Music at Que Pasa on the Patio Friday October 21
st – Bryan Southwick
Angola Prison Rodeo & Craft Show Every Sunday in October
Gates open 9:00 AM; Rodeo starts 2:00 PM
Angola, LA
225-635-2607 www.angolarodeo.com Enjoy "The Wildest Show in the South" and/or a day of shopping for arts and crafts. The rodeo features bull riding, bareback riding, the wild horse race, barrel racing, bull-dogging, wild cow milking, rodeo clowns and more, in a recently expanded arena.
Carriage House Restaurant is open all Sundays In October 11 to 2 Lunch and 5:30 to 8 PM Dinner. The Myrtles Plantation is also doing a 6 PM Mystery tour.
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site The Cotton Experience: Variable Dates September through November, 2011, 10 am-4 pm. This brief encounter allows guests to experience the job of cotton picking. During these months visitors are able to walk amongst rows of cotton plants, pluck bolls of cotton from the plants and complete this task by removing the seeds from the bolls. Once the cotton is picked and deseeded, visitors can drop the cotton in an authentic "cotton sack." For more information, call
225-635-3110 The Myrtles Halloween Extravaganza The Myrtles Plantation 2011 Halloween Experience is scheduled for Friday, October 28-Monday, October 31, 2011. Our hours are 6 pm-10 pm Friday, Saturday & Monday and 6 pm-9pm Sunday. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in our Gift Shop. The Carriage House Restaurant will be serving off the menu in the dining room and food and beverages in The Courtyard. We will also be offering a 6 pm Mystery Tour every Sunday during the month of October, reservations are strongly recommended by calling
225-635-6277.
Oct. 29, Audubon State Historic Site, St. Francisville - All Hallows Eve, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Guests are invited to Oakley Plantation to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of an 1800s Halloween Festival. This program is focuses on the history of Halloween in the United States and invites visitors to explore traditions from the early 1800s. For more information call
888-677-2838 toll free or 635-3739 locally.
Rosedown Funeral Re-enactment and Soul Stories: October 29, 2011, Funeral: 3 pm; Soul Stories: 4 pm. The Rosedown Main House will be in mourning as Rosedown Interpretive Staff re-enacts the funeral service for a member of the historic Turnbull-Bowman family. Throughout the day, the house will be decorated according to 19
th century mourning customs and re-enactors will be dressed in 19
th century-style mourning costumes. The funeral service will be held at 3 pm inside the main house. Following the funeral, costumed Rosedown Interpretive Staff will portray the spirits of various Turnbull-Bowman family members who have returned to the main house from their graves. The "spirits" will talk about their lives and share reminiscences from their pasts.
Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale The Friends of the West Feliciana Library will have its annual book sale at the St. Francisville Town Hall at11926 Ferdinand Street on Saturday, October 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Darlene Reaves and Pat Heurtin are co-chairs of this event, which benefits both the people who attend this event as well as the West Feliciana Parish Library.
West Feliciana Parish Hospital will be hosting the annual health fair October 29, 9am till 2pm, as well. Various health screenings and vendors with health education will be available on site.
Yellow Leaf October 29th and 30th – Parker Park C. C. Lockwood will present a slide show of the natural beauty of Louisiana under the music tent at noon on Saturday, Oct 29
th.
Saturday, Oct 29th •10:00- 10:45 – West Feliciana High band performance
11:15 - C.C. Lockwood slide presentation
•1:00 – Jodi James
http://www.jodijamesmusic.com/ Every time that Jodi has played here in St. Francisville everyone has loved her! She writes great songs, and has the most amazing voice!
•3:00 – The Moss Pickers
http://www.myspace.com/mosspickers "Louisiana's southernmost stringband"
•5:00- Ukulele Jam with Kevin Johnson- the ukulele has become popular again, and uke players are invited to come join in!
Sunday Oct 30th •10:15 - Songwriter Circle- Nancy Roppolo and other local songwriters performing original songs
12:00 – The Fugitive Poets
www.thefugitivepoets.com this great band has played at every single Yellow Leaf Festival from the very beginning!
•2:15 – Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights
http://www.annsavoy.com/ Ann and her band are true Louisiana treasures, with roots deep in the music of our state, we are so happy to have them at our festival.
•4:30- special screening of the documentary "Music From The Big House" an award winning film of music made and filmed in Angola with renowned Canadian blues singer, Rita Chiarelli.
http://ritachiarelli.com/home.php 
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