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Natchitoches Christmas Festival

Natchitoches Christmas Festival
781 Front Street
318-357-3822

The Natchitoches Christmas Festival was first presented in 1927 when Max Burgdorf, Superintendent of Utilities for the City of Natchitoches, Louisiana, decided that the community needed an event to celebrate the Christmas season. He purchased enough 10-watt Christmas tree bulbs to string along Front Street and to make a set piece to display on the riverbank. No one is certain why Burgdorf wanted the lighting program, but some say that it was his way of saying "thank you" to the city he loved.

Celebrate the Christmas season in Louisiana’s oldest city. Enjoy our daylong festival filled with music, entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and our famous firework show choreographed to holiday music over Cane River Lake.


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Friday, Nov 29, 2024 at 3:00pm
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Saturday, Nov 30, 2024 at 9:00am
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Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
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Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
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Friday, Dec 6, 2024 at 6:00pm
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Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 at 7:00am
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Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 at 7:30pm
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Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 at 5:00pm
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Friday, Dec 13, 2024 at 3:00pm
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Saturday, Dec 14, 2024 at 10:00am
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Thursday, Dec 19, 2024 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm
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Friday, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:00pm
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Saturday, Dec 21, 2024 at 10:00am
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Friday, Dec 27, 2024 at 3:00pm
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Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 at 10:00am
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98th Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival

Celebrate the Christmas season in Louisiana’s oldest city. Enjoy our daylong festival filled with music, entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and our famous firework show choreographed to holiday music over Cane River Lake. Schedule…

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97th Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival

Schedule of Events: Saturday, November 18, 2023 *Downtown Riverbank $10 admission after 1pm, ages 6 and under are FREE 10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank 10:00am-4:00pm - Cookies with Santa $ (Tickets go on…

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