West Baton Rouge Museum's SugarFest

Come have a sweet ole time at the West Baton Rouge Museum’s SugarFest . This 29th annual 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 art and occupational craft demonstrations, a peek inside museum exhibits and historic buildings, cane cutting and grinding demonstrations, cane syrup boiling, and live music. Genres featured include Blues, Dixieland Jazz, Folk, Cajun, and Bluegrass. Some of the demonstrations include praline candy making, blacksmithing, bousillage making, wood working with antique hand tools, spinning, and much more. There will be old-fashioned pastimes for children to enjoy and a Café Français area where only French is spoken and lively games of Bourré will be played. Food and drink will be available for purchase, and artists 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 and is supported in part by Alma Plantation, LLC. and a Celebration Grant from the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Foundation. Drinks, refreshments, and sugary treats will be available for purchase. Hope to see you there, Sugar.

Live Music Line Up

Festival goers will enjoy this opportunity to see free concerts featuring performances by the following artists and bands: Blues After School, Cane Grinders, Carter Wilkinson and Friends, Country Cajuns, Dorothy LeBlanc, Henry Turner Jr & Flavor, Judy Whitney Davis, Kenny Acosta Band, Kenny Neal, Kitchen Session, Lagniappe Dulcimer Society, Lil Ray Neal, Smokehouse Porter and Miss Mamie and the Gutbucket Blues Band, Storyville Stompers, The Cajun Party Band, and West Baton Rouge Oasis Jazz Band. There will also be a dance performance by Louisiane Vintage Dancers.

Performance Schedule:

10:45 Juke Joint Juniors kickoff SugarFest in front of the Juke Joint! 
11:00-12:00  Country Cajuns  Smokehouse  Porter Miss Mamie and the Gutbucket Blues Band Lagniappe Dulcimer Society
12:00- 1:00 West Baton Rouge Oasis Jazz Band  Lil Ray Neal Judy Whitney Davis
1:00-2:00  The Cajun Party  Band  Henry Turner Jr &Flavor  Cane Grinders
2:00-3:00 Storyville Stompers Carter Wilkinson & Friends Dorothy Leblanc
3:00- 4:00 Kenny Acosta Band Kenny Neal Kitchen Session  

Location:Museum Grounds