March

Annual Audubon Pilgrimage

Guides outfitted in antebellum-period costumes lead tours of historic plantations, houses, churches and gardens. The third weekend in March 225-635-6330

 

May

Angola Prison Arts and Crafts Festival

225-625-2001

 

October

Greater Baton Rouge State Fair

36 Years of Family entertainment! Providing music, carnival midway rides, 4H and FFA animal shows, clowns, strolling entertainment, and musical shows every night of the fair. Wonderful food and drink.

 

Also in October, every weekend, Angola Prison hosts a famous all prisoner rodeo. Inmates train for this and compete in contests in which they try to grab a token from a bull’s forehead among other feats. 225-655-4411.