Kiss Country Weekend Events

Festivals, Food, Family, Fun. . . IT’S THE WEEKEND Y’ALL!! Head to Blanchard for the Poke Salad Festival or maybe you wanna check out State Baseball Tournament action or maybe take the family to Sci Port where you get in FREE Sunday afternoon for Mother’s Day—tons of fun happening this weekend in Kiss Country!

State Baseball Tournament action happening today and wrapping up tomorrow in Ruston, Sulpur and New Orleans. Click here for more details!

Jesuit and Byrd face off in their Quarterfinal game today at 7pm in New Orleans.

North Desoto and E.D. White play their Semifinal game today at 10am in Sulphur.

Calvary and Dunham play their Semifinal game today in Ruston at 4pm.

Evangel and Riverside play at 7pm today in Ruston for their Semifinal game.

Poke Salad Festival

Saturday Schedule

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

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

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

11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Children’s Activities (Festival Grounds)

Jumpy, Face Painting, Clowns (Balloon Sculpting), Crafts, Children’s Treasure Hunt, & Poke Salad Festival Balloons

1:00 p.m. – Greased Pole Climb

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Pavilion Entertainment

5:00 p.m. – Till – Street Dance/Entertainment

Mother’s Day at Sci Port

Here’s something cool happening at Sci-Port “Lucky 13″ means free entry for you and the kids on the 13th day of the month, which happens to be Mother’s Day! So snag your free admission and enjoy Sci-Port where the kids can make a Mother’s Day craft this weekend. Sci-Port is open Sunday from Noon until 6pm. Free admission begins at 1pm. (Click here for more details about gettin’ in FREE!) And if the weather is nice y’all can take a stroll down the river trail along Clyde Fant Parkway. Or maybe walk just across the street from Sci-Port and take some Mother’s Day photos behind the Barnwell Center.