The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival loves to celebrate our sweet commodity, SUGAR!

How do we celebrate all things SUGAR? We have a parade, or 2, or 3! The last full weekend in September, you can find us rollin’ down Main Street in New Iberia on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

Friday evening, we honor our farmers with the traditional Tractor Parade showcasing our parish queens. On Saturday morning we showcase our children at the Children’s Parade which is prefaced by the Sweet Harvest Car Show participants driving their entries down Main Street! On Sunday our official royalty rolls downtown honoring Queen Sugar and King Sucrose along with our parish queens representing other sugar producing parishes.

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Art/Garden/Flower/Photography Show

4pm-Farm Fest

7pm-Reception Honoring King Sucrose

Friday, September 22, 2023

Livestock Show

Art/Garden, Flower & Photography Show

10am: Blessing of the Crop

5pm-11pm: Carnival Street Fair

5pm: Fais-Do-Do, Bouligny Plaza

Bands: Swamp Land Revival, Chubby Carriere, Spank the Monkey, Rogue Crew, Chee Weez, Mike Jamez DJ

6pm: Farmer’s Parade, Main Street

Saturday, September 23, 2023

6:30am: Registration & 5K run

9am: Car Show

10am: Children’s Parade, Main Street

10am-11pm: Carnival Street Fair

11 am to 12 am: Fais-Do-Do, Bouligny Plaza

Bands: Bad Boys, Colby Latiolais Band, Geno Delafose, Ryan Foret, Chris Ardoin, Hot 1079 Breakfast Jam, Mike Jamez DJ

7pm: Pageant & Coronation of Queen Sugar

9pm: Coronation Ball

Sunday, September 24, 2023

9am: Royalty Mass

11am-3pm: Carnival Street Fair

12pm: Royalty Parade, Main Street

Dates: September 21 - 24, 2023

Location: Historic Downtown, 102 West Main Street, New Iberia, LA 70560

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