International Rice Festival
international rice festival annual festival held third weekend october crowley louisiana celebrating rice event louisiana oldest agricultural festival one state largest first festival held october national rice festival renamed international rice festival festival resumed hiatus world war ii – since festival beginning seven million people attended annual event two parade second saturday grand parade rice cooking contest contestant compete title chef de riz rice eating contest farmer banquet queen ball also entertainment continuously early morning midnight art craft exhibit held adjacent festival ground also main street festival went hiatus due nationwide shutdown returned festival coordinator shanna c monk official website