Schedule of Events
Tickets
Friday, April 5, 2024
- L’Acadian Art Guild Exhibit-Friday and Saturday – April 5th and 6th, 8:30-5:30, Sunday – April 7th, 1:30-5:30
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Sugar Cane Farming by Edwin Lewis – April 5, 2024 9:30 – 10:15
- Presentation on Creole History- April 5, 2024 10:30-11:15
- Dave’s Haunts and Jaunts Mystery Bus Tour – April 5, 2024 11:30 – 3:15 Ticket Required
- The Path to Sainthood: The Candidacies of three Cajun Catholics – April 5, 2024 11:30 – 12:30
- Telling Your Own Story – April 5, 2024 12:45-1:30
- Publishing Book Panel – Friday, April 5, 2024 1:45 – 2:30
- “Author Like a Boss” – Friday, April 5, 2024 2:45 – 3:30
- Poet Laurete: Alison Pelegrin – Friday, April 5, 2024 3:45 – 4:30
- Bayou Teche Writing Workshop: “Setting as Character: Leveraging Place in Your Writing” – Friday, April 5, 2024 3:45 – 4:45
- Tour the Bunk Johnson Room – Friday, April 5, 2024 4:45 – 5:30
- Jazz It Up Opening Reception – Friday, April 5, 2024 6:00 – 8:00
Ticket Required
Saturday, April 6, 2024
- Children’s Activities and Book Fair – Saturday, April 6th, 2024, 9:00-3:00 (Rodrigue Park)
- Authors Book Fair Sat., April 6, 2024 9:00-3:00
- Publishing Poetry with Former Poet Laureates -Saturday, April 6th 9:00-9:45
- Raisin’ Cane: Exploring the Sugarcane Lifecycle – Saturday, April 6, 2024 9:00 – 9:45
- The Best Book You’ve Never Heard of (Book Swap)- Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 – 10:45
- Sculptor Presentation: Creating the James Lee Burke Statue – Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 – 10:45
- Dave Robicheaux’s Walking Tour – Saturday, April 6, 2024 9:00-11:00 Ticket Required
- Great Southern Chef: Seafood Cooking Demonstration – Sat., April 6, 2024 10:00-11:30 (Steamboat Pavilion) Ticket Required
- Zoom Call with James Lee Burke – April 6, 2024 11:00 – Noon
- VIP Book Club Lunch with “Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile- Saturday, April 6, 2024 12:00-12:45 Ticket Required
- Dedication of James Lee Burke Statue – Saturday, April 6, 2024 12:15 – 12:45
- Great Southern Writer Symposium and Book Signing – Saturday, April 6, 2024 1:00-2:45 Ticket Required
- Kayak Tour – Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:00 – TBA Ticket Required
- Reader’s Theater – Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:45 – 3:30
- Fleur De Lis Speaks (Affirmation Workshop) – Saturday, April 6, 2024 3:45 – 4:30
- James Lee Burke Book Club – Saturday, April 6, 2024 3:45 – 4:30
- Bookclubs and Bubbles – Saturday, April 6, 2024 4:45 – 5:30
- Cajun Fais Do Do and Dinner- Sat., April 6, 2024 6:00-8:00 Ticket Required
Sunday, April, 7 2024
Tickets are available as an All Inclusive Ticket Package or to individual events