International Rice Festival

The International Rice Festival is an annual festival held during the third weekend in October in Crowley, Louisiana, celebrating rice.

The event is Louisiana's oldest agricultural festival, and one of the state's largest.

Since the Festival's beginnings, over seven million people have attended the annual event.

There is also entertainment continuously from early morning to midnight and an arts and crafts exhibit, which is held adjacent to the festival grounds and also on Main Street.

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