64th Louisiana Cotton Festival Schedule:
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
5:00 pm-- Doors open for live music & dancing then Contradanse & Crowning of Le Roi et La Reine of the local nursing home at 6:30pm, North Side Civic Center
(Admission: $5.00 for Adults and $2.00 for Children 5 years and under)
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
3:30 pm-- 4-H Cotton Food Fest, North Side Civic Center (judging begins at 4:00pm)
4:00 pm-- 4-H Cotton Pickin’ Pet Show, North Side
Civic Center Pavilion
5:00 pm--Family Night at the Carnival
(Admission to fairgrounds is FREE)
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm -- Bracelet hours at Carnival
Thursday, October 12, 2017
5:00 pm-- Family Night at the Carnival
(Admission to fairgrounds is FREE)
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm -- Bracelet hours at Carnival
Friday, October 13, 2017
Admission all day into fairgrounds
Adults & children 13yrs & over=$6.00
$2.00 for Children 12yrs to 6 yrs. old
5 yrs. and under =FREE
1:00 pm-- Carnival opens
1:00 to 5:00 pm-- Bracelet hours at Carnival
6:00 to 12 Midnight – ‘ Fais-Do-D0’ - Street Dance
6:00 to 7:45 pm – Travis Matte and the Kingpins
8:00 to 9: 45pm – Keith Frank and The Soileau Zydeco Band
10:00 to 12 Midnight – Category 6
Saturday, October 14, 2017
10:00 – 10:30 am – Contestants and Visiting Queens arrive
11:00 am – Contestant interviews (private event)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Royal Reception (private invite)
1:00 pm – Family Day at the Carnival
(Admission to fairgrounds is FREE)
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm -- Bracelet hours at Carnival
5:30 pm -- Cotton Coronation - Crowning of King & Queen Cotton (Admission to Coronation- $5.00 for adults and children)
Sunday, October 15, 2017
8:30 am—Cotton Harvest Mass-Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte 1220 West Dardeau Street
12:00 pm—“Grand Parade of Cotton”, Main Street running West to East
1:00 pm – Family Day at the Carnival
(Admission to fairgrounds is FREE)
1:00 – 5:00 pm – Bracelet hours at Carnival
3:00 pm—Running of the Tournoi-Industrial Park
6:00 pm— Cotton Festival 2017 Closes!
Cotton Fair is Gold Star Amusements
All Cotton Festival events are held at the North Side Civic Center –704 N. Soileau Street