Welcome to official website of

The Annual Poke Salad Festival Association

Blanchard, Louisiana

Schedule of Events

 

Monday May 9, 2011

Poke Salad Festival Treasure Hunt Begins (Caddo Fire District One)

         (Sponsored by Tim's Paint and Collision, Nichols Supply, and The Inquisitor)

Store Front Decoration Contest Begins (Downtown Blanchard)

         (Sponsored by Ark-La-Tex Superior Signs)

Thursday May 12, 2011

5:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Jim's Rides Carnival (Blanchard Elementary School Grounds)

Friday May 13, 2011

4:30 p.m. - First Baptist Church Fish Fry, and Auction (Poke Salad Pavilion)

6:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Jim's Rides Carnival (Blanchard Elementary School Grounds)

6:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Bands on The Tennis Court (The Sultans, Bud Christian, & Highstrung)

Saturday May 14, 2011

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Life Share Blood Center Blood Drive (Dollar General Parking Lot)

9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Arts, Crafts & Food and Fun (Festival Grounds)

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - KRMD 101.1 Remote Broadcast with Skip Miller

10:00 a.m. - Parade - See Parade Route (Downtown Blanchard)

         (Float Contest sponsored by Doug's Paint & Body)

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Jim's Rides Carnival (Blanchard Elementary School Grounds)

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Children's Activities (Festival Grounds)

      (Jumpy, Face Painting, Clowns (Balloon Sculpting), Crafts, Dunking Booth, & Poke Salad Festival Balloons (Helium Sponsored by Sutton Children's Respiratory Therapy Department))

12:30 p.m. - Children's Haystack Scramble (Sponsored by Baker Machine)

1:00 p.m. - Greased Pole Climb (Sponsored by S & W Pipe Testing)

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Blue Grass Music

June, TBD

Poke Salad Festival Skeet Shoot (Contact Shawn Saunders 318-510-7722)

**Check out the Entertainment Schedule page for full list of entertainment.