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HAPPENINGS: The newsletter to discover what's happening in St. Francisville and West Feliciana Parish. Periodically articles from the "Friends of St. Francisville" blog will be added to this newsletter. Following these article introductions you will find the most updated news on upcoming local events. A good source to find updates on festivals can also be found on the St. Francisville Festival website.
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The Carriage House Restaurant will be open every Sunday in October from 5pm until 8pm.
What’s coming up in St. Francisville
Music at The Mag - Friday – October 10 – United We Jam
Saturday-October 11 – Clay Parker, Ryan Harris, Eric Schmit
Friday –October 17 – Hard Drinking Lincoln
Friday – October 24 – Band on the Run
Friday – October 31 – Delta Drifters
Historical Society Museum has a new exhibit through the month of October
The exhibit features local memorabilia on World War 1. The museum is open daily from 9am until 5pm and on Sundays from 9:30am until 5pm.
Angola Prison Rodeo – every Sunday in October
The Wildest Show in the South – gates open at 9am, rodeo begins at 2pm and crafts stay open until 5pm.
For ticket information 225 655 2030 or online at www.angolarodeo.com
The Myrtles Plantation Halloween Extravaganza –
The Myrtles Plantation will host their Halloween Extravaganza every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night in October
For details please call 225 635 6277
Movie in the Park – Friday October 10 MONSTER UNIVERSITY
St. Francisville Main Street and the Women’s Service League are hosting their annual Movie in the Park. Bring your blanket and lawn chair in Parker Park on Commerce St. We will have a Halloween craft before the movie. Admission is one canned good for the West Feliciana Parish Food Bank. The Service League will have yummy concessions for sale. This year’s movie is MONSTER UNIVERSITY.
Southern Garden Symposium – October 10 and 11th.
With featured speakers like LSU Ag Center's Dan Gill, award-winning New Orleans landscape architect Rene Fransen, and noted authors Greg Grant and Bill Welch, no other gardening program brings together top quality speakers and historic plantation settings as well as the Southern Garden Symposium in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Known as much for its engaging social events and historic venues as for its outstanding gardening lectures and workshops, the Southern Garden Symposium - now in its 26th year - has become an annual tradition for garden enthusiasts from across the south.
For detailed information please visit www.southerngardensymposium.org
Warrior Dash – Saturday October 11th at the Sports Park
Mud, Sweat and Beer.
For detailed information visit www.warriordash.com
Audubon State Historic Site Presents – Battle of Baton Rouge 1779
October 11 and 12th from 10am – 4pm on Saturday and 10am-2pm on Sunday
Explore Louisiana’s role in the American Revolutionary War. Special activities include Musket and Artillery drills, Camp life as well as a battle on each day. Each day visitors will get the chance to learn how the Revolutionay War soldier drilled and what hardships they faced 235 year ago. For more information please contact 225 635 3739
Rosedown State Historic Site – October 11-Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind the Scenes Tour will start at 10:30am. A guided tour of rarely seen aspects of Rosedown, focusing on the working side of a high-visitation historic site. Visitors will get to view the attic of the main house and the production greenhouse, learning the “nuts and bolts” of what makes Rosedown tick.
Folk Music Open Mic – Sunday October 19th
Hemingbough will be the venue for this free community event. Bring your guitar, banjo or just yourself!
Event will take place between 4pm-6pm
Sponsored by “A Celebration of Literature and Art” for more information contact Darlene Reaves dayreaves@bellsouth.net
Friends of the Library Book Sale – October 24 and 25
The Yellow Leaf Arts Festival – October 25 and 26
Trick or Treat down Main Street and local Halloween Carnivals – Thursday October 30th.
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