Louisiana Festivals
Peach Festival
Festival of Lights
Zydeco Music Festival
Tamale Festival
Crawfish Festival
Strawberry Festival
Rice Festival
Christmas Eve Bonfires
New Orleans Jazz Festival
Frog Festival
Louisiana Festivals
Match the festival to the description of the festival. You may use your notes that
you took during the lecture.
_____ 1.) Peach Festival
_____ 2.) Festival of Lights
A. A large daytime fair with multiple stages featuring a wide variety of
indigenous music styles, food booths of Louisiana cuisine, and arts and crafts
booths, along with an evening concert series.
_____ 3.) Zydeco Music Festival
B. The second largest free festival in the state.
_____ 4.) Tamale Festival
C. Was started after the success of an exportation business.
_____ 5.) Crawfish Festival
D. The Louisiana governor suggested this festival after seeing a photograph of a
lady wearing a costume.
_____ 6.) Strawberry Festival
E. This town lights up along the Cane River Lake.
_____ 7.) Rice Festival
F. Stems from a combination of the Indians and Spanish culinary efforts.
_____ 8.) New Orleans Jazz Festival
_____ 9.) Frog Festival
G. This festival won national attention when the Queen traveled to Washington,
D.C. to present then Vice President Richard Nixon with a present.
_____ 10.) Christmas Eve Bonfires
H. Local families build the structures and simultaneously light them.
I.
This festival was started on a farmer’s field on the outskirts of Opelousas.
J.
Began in 1960 as a spin-off of the Breaux Bridge Centennial Celebration.
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Louisiana Festivals
Match the festival to the description of the festival. You may use your notes that
you took during the lecture.
_____ 1.) Christmas Eve Bonfires
_____ 2.) Peach Festival
A. A large daytime fair with multiple stages featuring a wide variety of
indigenous music styles, food booths of Louisiana cuisine, and arts and crafts
booths, along with an evening concert series.
_____ 3.) Festival of Lights
B. The second largest free festival in the state.
_____ 4.) Zydeco Music Festival
C. Was started after the success of an exportation business.
_____ 5.) Tamale Festival
D. The Louisiana governor suggested this festival after seeing a photograph of a
lady wearing a costume.
_____ 6.) Crawfish Festival
E. This town lights up along the Cane River Lake.
_____ 7.) Strawberry Festival
F. Stems from a combination of the Indians and Spanish culinary efforts.
_____ 8.) Rice Festival
_____ 9.) New Orleans Jazz Festival
G. This festival won national attention when the Queen traveled to Washington,
D.C. to present then Vice President Richard Nixon with a present.
_____ 10.) Frog Festival
H. Local families build the structures and simultaneously light them.
I.
This festival was started on a farmer’s field on the outskirts of Opelousas.
J.
Began in 1960 as a spin-off of the Breaux Bridge Centennial Celebration.
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Louisiana Festivals
Match the festival to the description of the festival. You may use your notes that
you took during the lecture.
_____ 1.) Zydeco Music Festival
_____ 2.) Tamale Festival
_____ 3.) Strawberry Festival
_____ 4.) Rice Festival
_____ 5.) Peach Festival
A. A large daytime fair with multiple stages featuring a wide variety of
indigenous music styles, food booths of Louisiana cuisine, and arts and crafts
booths, along with an evening concert series.
B. The second largest free festival in the state.
C. Was started after the success of an exportation business.
_____ 6.) New Orleans Jazz Festival
D. The Louisiana governor suggested this festival after seeing a photograph of a
lady wearing a costume.
_____ 7.) Frog Festival
E. This town lights up along the Cane River Lake.
_____ 8.) Festival of Lights
F. Stems from a combination of the Indians and Spanish culinary efforts.
_____ 9.) Christmas Eve Bonfires
_____ 10.) Crawfish Festival
G. This festival won national attention when the Queen traveled to Washington,
D.C. to present then Vice President Richard Nixon with a present.
H. Local families build the structures and simultaneously light them.
I.
This festival was started on a farmer’s field on the outskirts of Opelousas.
J.
Began in 1960 as a spin-off of the Breaux Bridge Centennial Celebration.
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