It’s National Farmers Market Week (NFMW), August 2-8, and it’s an annual reminder of the value of local farmers and fresh produce, as well as hand-made crafts, custom services, homemade dishes and more. Shreveport-Bossier’s markets…
Updated June 30, 2020, 4:24 p.m. If you’re among the thousands of folks who have spent the last decade heading to Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport for KTBS 3’s annual Independence Day festivities, we’d like…
If you’re anything like me, just the sight of colorful hot air balloons soaring overhead is enough to bring a smile to your face. This weekend, June 12-13, 2020, lots of colorful hot air balloons…
Each year when June rolls around, “in the know” foodies in Shreveport-Bossier dig out their five-gallon buckets and head for a handful of nearby you-pick farms in communities like Haughton, Keithville and Hosston. Most of…
While the 2020 Sunflower Trail and Festival is canceled, the popular annual sunflower photography contest will proceed as planned.
Is it just me, or is there a lot of news to keep up with these days? In keeping with federal and state guidance for phase one business reopenings, lots of popular attractions in Shreveport-Bossier—including…
“One of the things that I think is so neat this year is that one of our princes is actually a pig,” said Parade Chairperson Ronda Rivers.
Enter our latest contest and you and a friend could ride in the Krewe of Highland Parade on Sunday, Feb. 23.
The 2019 edition of Christmas in Roseland runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays now through Dec. 23.
Are you an out-of-towner planning a visit to Shreveport-Bossier during the 2019 holiday season? Or a local who’ll be hosting out-of-town guests for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s festivities? If so, you might like to…
Featured photo by Shannon Palmer Photography If there’s a bigger holiday fireworks event in North Louisiana than the Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival, I don’t know what it is. The 2019 edition of Rockets…
The “Weird and Wonderful” tour will include axe-throwing, a haunted mansion, and more.
The SBC Zombie Walk will rise from its shallow grave to delight fans of the zombie horror genre this Saturday, Oct. 19, 4-9 p.m. For the 2019 event, the SBC Zombie Walk will relocate from…
Featured photo by Jazmin Jernigan.The Heritage & Harvest Tour, an annual event that spotlights the history and culture of northern Caddo Parish towns like Dixie, Belcher, Gilliam, Hosston, Mira, and Ida, returns this Saturday, Sept….
Occasionally, a live music event crops up in Shreveport-Bossier that is so unusual or quirky that I cannot help but spotlight it here at 20×49.com. In general, there’s always great live music happening somewhere in…
For visitors and locals alike, the giant, Victorian-era mansion (the largest in Louisiana) located at 728 Austin Place in downtown Shreveport is the subject of much interest. Whether you call it the Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion, “the…
This is not a drill: The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau has been given 30 free tickets to the 2019 Landers Battle on the Border High School Football Schowcase, and we’d like to share them…
To be completely honest with you, I don’t know if I believe that there’s such a thing as “a bad snow cone.” On a hot enough Louisiana afternoon, even the most average snow cone is…
Featured photo: Chef Gabriel Balderas, of El Cabo Verde, will host a cooking demo during North Louisiana Seafood Week at SALT Restaurant. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Whether you’re a local food enthusiast, a home cook,…
Each May, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (publisher of this blog) and the Shreveport-Bossier Attractions Association partner to present Be a Fan of Shreveport-Bossier. This month-long promotion of local attractions offers dozens of exclusive…
