If you want to find things to do in the area, you might like to visit louisiana boardwalk and centurylink center. The festival offers unique opportunities for booklovers of all ages to interact with exceptional writers, poets and storytellers and to enjoy an inspiring variety of book. Events shreveport april 2020 find all events in shreveport. Book ends at martin branch library 801 west shamrock st.
Shreveport bossier is home to nearly 55 festivals and annual events celebrating everything from mardi gras and crawfish to film and beer. Music, food and fun are the highlights of these familyfriendly celebrations. Musicians and celebrity readers grace the kids stage, and beloved literary characters make special appearances. Please join us for the largest livestock show and carnival in the state.
M ark your calendars for saturday, october 31, when the 2020 louisiana book festival comes to town the louisiana center for the book in the state library of louisiana is proud to present the 17th edition of this free, worldclass literary celebration. Established in 2002, the louisiana book festival is a free, worldclass literary celebration sponsored by the louisiana center for the book and the state library of louisiana. It is a goal of the shreveport regional arts council to strengthen the professional arts community in order to advance the arts, and maximize access to the arts, for the people of shreveport, bossier and northwest louisiana. Create an account increase your productivity, customize your experience, and engage in information you care about sign in. State of louisiana fair in shreveport, state fair of louisiana, wednesday, 08.
State fair of louisiana opens thursday with lots of free. It is the perfect venue for tradeshows, conventions, meetings and special events. Twoday fan convention will feature appearances by tv and movie personalities, comic book artists, cosplayers and more. Located in the heart of downtown, the 350,000 square foot shreveport convention center is ready to host your next event. Shreveportbossier festivals and annual events 2020 by. All three have announced a return in 2016, and geek fair has announced two events for this year. Louisiana book festival state library of louisiana. Find the best comic con event near you in louisiana.
Announced earlier today by ye old shreve town corporation, plans for an annual renaissance festival received final approval from the city. Graduates will create a marketing portfolio and take part in a group exhibition at the central artstation. Share new orleans poetry festival and small press fair, 2020 with your friends. Shreveport plays hosts to many festivals and celebrations, from the state fair of louisiana to the revel to customer appreciation day at jimmy johns, but citizens have demanding something more than. The shreveport convention center is the second largest convention center in louisiana and the largest in the tristate area known as the arklatex. Visitors can unwind in one of shreveport s botanical oases and enjoy the areas fine waterfront dining, shopping and entertainment. Book loving volunteers are essential to the louisiana book festivals success. Shreveport is a familyfriendly city well known for its restaurants and riverfront. Shreveport events calendar for may 4, 2020 shreveport. View information about facilities in the community. Centenary college book bazaar shreveport, louisiana facebook. The 38th annual region i social studies fair will be held thursday, march 7, 20 from 8. Located in the heart of downtown, the 350,000 square foot shreveport convention center is ready to host your next.
Avalon comics comic book stores 4100 barksdale blvd. Sbc, a fan convention featuring a diverse list of celebrity guests, vendors, artists, and fan groups in an affordable, familyfriendly environment, will be held at the state. The shreveport convention center host a job fair on wednesday from 10 a. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about whats great and not so great in shreveport and beyond. The new orleans book festival is a familyfriendly literary extravaganza featuring local as well as nationally renowned authors, funky live music and tasty snacks. Come with family and friends and spend a great day packed with spectacular displays at the nations premier strategic bomber base. The louisiana center for the book in the state library of louisiana, proudly presents the louisiana book festival, louisianas free, world. Shreveport bossier festivals and annual events 2020 the sister cities love to party. The fair is for students in grades 412 from public and private schools in caddo, bossier, desoto and webster parishes. Roy n fair, 318 6861910, 9808 homewood dr, shreveport. The annual louisiana book festival is held in baton rouge at the louisiana state capitol and the state library of louisiana. Half price books is bringing our inaugural booklovers blowout sale to the agriculture building at the louisiana state fairgrounds on saturday and sunday, march 78. Louisiana book festival 2020, an event in baton rouge. Located at the corner of texas avenue and common street in downtown shreveport, the makers fair recreates the lively vibe that once was commonplace in this historic, downtown neighborhood.
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The festival offers unique opportunities for booklovers of all ages to interact with exceptional writers, poets and storytellers and to enjoy an inspiring variety of bookrelated activities, exhibitions and demonstrations. The texas avenue makers fair was founded as a way to draw the community to this underutilized section of downtown shreveport as the texas avenue community association and other organizations work to. Save new orleans poetry festival and small press fair, 2020 to your collection. Offering unique opportunities for booklovers of all ages to interact with more than 150 exceptional writers, poets and stor. Books by louisiana purchase exposition author of official. If the tables arent your style, take a trip over the neonlit texas street bridge to the horseracing at louisiana downs in bossier city, shreveport s thriving sister city. Louisiana comic con shreveport, baton rouge comic cons. State fair of louisiana 2020, an event in shreveport. The state fair of louisiana oct 2020 shreveport, usa. Whether its escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the young readers pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the louisiana book festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
Shreveport to start annual renaissance fair, titled. Louisianime baton rouge, louisiana baton rouge marriott 5500 hilton avenue. Free to the public, this celebration of readers, writers and their books features over 150 different authors and a market of booksellers and book related exhibits. This event is hosted by the division of continuing education and public service at lsus. Louisiana s other side is a mixture of the spicy cajun attitude and wideopen texas spi.
Proceeds benefit the louisiana philharmonic orchestra. You can try calling roy n fairs mobile phone at 318 2720346 or reach roy n fair on his landline phone at 318 6861910. Fair of louisiana are final and binding and shall not be contested by exhibitor and this is an express condition to exhibitors participation at the state fair of louisiana. Many of those events are held at festival plaza in downtown shreveport. Louisiana comic con returns in april the shreveport times. Louisiana book festival 2020, an event in baton rouge, louisiana.
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