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The Louisiana Forest Festival is held annually the 4th weekend in April in Winnfield, Louisiana. This year's festival will be April 29-30, 2011 PLEASE NOTE THE WEEKEND CHANGE DUE TO EASTER!!! at:

Winn Parish Fairgrounds
2000 South Jones Street

(Get Driving Directions from MapQuest.com)

DESIGNATED MOTORCYCLE PARKING

SCHEDULE: (More Info will be added)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Beauty Pageant, Winnfield Kindergarten School

Contact Lisa Price

(318)471-5825

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Trail Ride, Gum Springs Horse Trail

Contact Ronald O'Bryan (318)413-0595 or Susie O'Bryan (318)413-0403

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Bass Tournament, Saline Lake, Mulligan Inn Public Ramp

Contact Chad Blundell (318)413-4528

 


Friday, April 29, 2011

     Foresty Awareness Day, Contact Donny Moon (318)628-4528

 

Saturday, April 30, 2011 ~ BANDS AND ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE AMPHITHEATER

PONY RIDES, MOON WALK, ROCK CLIMBING, GYRO, LAWNMOWER TRAIN RIDES!!!!

7:00 am     Forest Festival 5K and Strut your Mutt

     visit www.forestfestival5k.com or www.hlhumane.org

     for registration and information

8:30 am

     Awards Ceremony
9:00 am

     4-H Woodman Skills, Antique Car & Truck Show

10:00 am

     Log Loading Competition, Skidder Competition

11:00 am

     Professional Lumberjack Competition

5:00 pm

     Junior Rodeo

8:00 pm

     APRA Rodeo

Louisiana Forest Festival
P.O. Box 1112
Winnfield, LA  71483

info@laforestfestival.com

 

 

The Louisiana Forest Festival, reorganized in 1980, salutes the timber industry in our state. The festival encompasses timber related activities. There are numerous forestry equipment displays and related exhibits.    Professional lumberjack sports competitors come from throughout the United States to participate in the show. The Lumberjack Challenge TV Show on OLN has featured the festival. There will be 13 lumberjack events to cheer on with 6 different chainsaw events. The festival will have excellent fun and food throughout the day. Come and look at the homemade crafts and join in the fun of contests and prize drawings. There will be children’s activities and games.

PROFESSIONAL TIMBERSPORTS PAYOUTS:

1st: $200.00, 2nd: $150.00, 3rd: 100.00, 4th: $75.00, 5th: 50.00, Bull of the Woods: $200.00, Mechanical Champion: $200.00, Manual Champion: $200.00

 

2011 Board of Directors:

President – Andrew Tant
Vice President – Darrell Franks
Sec/Treas – Angelia Bonnette
Matt Summers
Vernon Weeks
Vicky Weeks
Roger Hanson
Terry Taylor
Chad Knight
Kathy Tullos
Jerry Martin
Donny Moon
Joe Lang

Spencer Gaar
Chad Blundell

Antique Car and Truck Show:

*No entry fee

*Door prizes

*9am to 4 pm, Saturday, April 30th

1/2 of the $2.00 "gate fee" goes to a non-profit organization.

City of Winnfield, LA