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SugarFest

Event Date: October 4th, 2026

Come have a sweet ole time at the West Baton Rouge Museum’s 31st annual SugarFest on Sunday, October 4, 2026 from 11AM to 4PM. This sweet celebration of the sugar cane harvest has been growing strong since 1995.
SugarFest provides visitors of all ages with a free opportunity to learn about local culture, music and history. There will be a variety of traditional folk life and occupational craft demonstrations, a peek inside museum exhibits and historic buildings, cane cutting and grinding demonstrations, cane syrup boiling, a tractor display, and live music. Genres featured include Blues, New Orleans Jazz, Folk, Cajun, and Bluegrass. Some of the demonstrations include praline candy making, blacksmithing, bousillage making, wood working with antique hand tools, spinning, tatting, and much more. There will be old-fashioned pastimes for children to enjoy and a Café Français area where only French is spoken and a Kafé Kréyol-la where Louisiana Creole will be spoken. Food and drink will be available for purchase, and artisans will be selling their wares. Of course, there will be lots of sugary treats, fresh chewing cane samples, and a sweets contest. For those age 21 and over, there will be a rum tasting and discussion on how this spirit is made from Louisiana’s sweetest cash crop. SugarFest is FREE and open to the public. Hope to see you there, SUGAR!
West Baton Rouge Museum is located at 845 North Jefferson Avenue in Port Allen, Louisiana, just minutes from downtown Baton Rouge.