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June - August 2018 - Audubon Zoo - 6pm - Until movie ends Audubon Zoo’s Dinner and a Zovie series is a great way to spend a summer evening under the stars! Again this year, Cool Zoo/Gator Run will be open for a small additional fee. Bring your chairs and blankets, bring your own dinner or dine at the Zoo. Food trucks will be on-site as well as some regular Zoo concessions will be open. www. audubonnatureinstitute.org/zoovie)
June 9-10
Creole Tomato Festival (French Market, 1100 N. Peters St., 504-636-6400; www.frenchmarket.org) — The festival includes dishes and cocktails made with Creole tomatoes, live music, kids’ activities, tomato-eating contests and a Bloody Mary Market. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.
June 16
Rock & Rouge Women’s Music Festival & Beyond (New Orleans Jazz Museum, Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave.; www.therockandrouge.com) — The inaugural festival features bands fronted by women, food by women chefs, female vendors and programming including panel
discussions about science, technology, engineering, art and math. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Free.
June 22nd-23rd
The Louisiana Peach festival brings is celebrating nearly 70 years in Ruston. The family-oriented festival is put on by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and is held each year the fourth weekend of June. There will be great food, live music and much more. Admission is $10 on Friday from 5-10 PM and all day Saturday. Children 8 years and under get in free. https://louisianapeachfestival.org
June 22-24
Louisiana Catfish Festival (17292 Highway 631, Des Allemands, 985-758-7542; www.stgertrudedesallemands. org) — There’s live music from bands including Tet Dur, Ryan Foret & the Foret Tradition and Aaron Foret, plus carnival rides, games, a raffle, a marketplace and vendors offering catfish in platters, boats and boulettes and on po- boys. Other food also is available. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Free.
June 30-July 4
Erath 4th of July Celebration (Downtown Earth, at Edwards and South Broadway streets; www.earth4.com) — The old- fashioned street festival includes live music, carnival rides, a nightly fais do, games, food and drink vendors, a dance contention Tuesday, and fireworks display on Wednesday. Times TBA. Free.
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