Christmas in Roseland
Nov 23 - Dec 23, 2018
Come celebrate Christmas in Roseland, which opens 5:30…
2018-11-23 5:30 PM
2018-12-23 5:30 PM
Christmas in Roseland
<p>Come celebrate Christmas in Roseland, which opens 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, November 23 - December 23, 2018.<br /><br />The American Rose Center is transformed into a whimsical winter wonderland from the day after Thanksgiving until the weekend before Christmas. The holiday event features thousands of twinkling lights, dozens of lighted displays, giant Christmas Cards to the Community, nightly entertainment, photos with Santa, rides on the Roseland Express train and tons of fun for the whole family!</p>
<p>Don’t forget to visit the gift shop and concession stand during your visit for some hot chocolate, corn dogs, funnel cake and more.</p>
<p>Here is some important information to make your experience a memorable one.</p>
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<li>Gates are open from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. the last car is admitted at 9:30 p.m.</li>
<li>Admission costs include:</li>
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<li>$20 per carload or $5 per person — ages 2 and under get in free</li>
<li>Mini bus for 11-20 people costs $50</li>
<li>Medium bus for 21 to 30 people costs $100</li>
<li>Large bus for 31 to 54 people costs $150</li>
<li>Bus for 55 plus people costs $200</li>
<li>Group rates are available. Please call (318) 938-5402 to make a group reservation.</li>
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<p>Photos with Santa are $10 per photo. Santa will be available from 6 p.m. to 9 pm. No personal photography is allowed (unless a ticket is purchased). Tickets are available in the gift shop.</p>
<p>Other costs include the Roseland Express Train tickets, which are $5 per person. The track is a small circuit and does not go through the gardens. Tickets are available in the gift shop, as well.</p>
<p>Christmas in Roseland is a participant in the Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights, which encompasses holiday events from November to December in Shreveport-Bossier, Minden, Monroe-West Monroe, Natchitoches, and Alexandria/Pineville.</p>
<p><br />* Please note that Christmas in Roseland is a walking event only and no carts are available.</p>
8877 Jefferson Paige Rd Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival
Nov 24, 2018
Celebrate the holiday season at Rockets Over the Red…
2018-11-24 4:00 PM
2018-11-24 7:00 PM
Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival
<p>Celebrate the holiday season at Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Riverview Park in Shreveport and Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets in Bossier City! Both viewing areas will feature the largest outdoor Christmas trees in the region and an amazing fireworks show. Admission is free. Rockets Over the Red Festival is presented by Shreveport-Bossier ~ Louisiana's Other Side, the City of Shreveport, the City of Bossier City, Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets and Pyromania Fireworks, LLC and is sponsored by KSLA and Cumulus Media.</p>
<p>At Riverview Park, there will be musical performances by Twirlers in Motion (4:45 p.m.), Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band (5:10 p.m.), Willie Jones (5:45 p.m.), Sweet Nay and the Christmas Belles (6 p.m.), and Lance Thomas (6:35 p.m.). Food will be served by food trucks including Miguelito Burrito, Garcon du Bayou, Johnny’s Pizza, Wonderstick, and Fair Food by Tracy Duck. Photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus will be available beginning at 4 p.m. The Warrior Network will be on-hand selling hot and cold beverages and operating a kids’ zone including by-donation bounce houses. Guests attending the festivities at Riverview Park should prepare for the closure of Clyde Fant Parkway beginning at approximately 3:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Live entertainment at Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets will include Red River Pipes and Drums (4:05 p.m.), Westwood Elementary Junior Leadership Team (4:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.), Bossier Parish Talented Arts Program (4:45 p.m.), and the BPCC Music Jazz Band (5:40 p.m.). The entertainment stage at Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets will be located in the picnic area near Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. Photos with Santa will also be available at Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets. There will be free gifts for the first 500 children to arrive on either side of the river. Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets welcomes lawn chairs and blankets for this event, but ice chests and coolers will not be permitted. Guests are reminded to bring their own camera for photos with Santa.</p>
<p>Festival attendees are invited to take part in a double-elimination cornhole bag toss tournament called Candy Canes & Cornhole, which will begin at 3 p.m. behind Shreveport Aquarium. Advance registration is available at www.Eventbrite.com; registration fee is $20 per team. There will be prizes for first, second, third, and best dressed holiday-themed outfit. Candy Canes & Cornhole is sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission.</p>
<p>The official event hashtag for Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival is #RocketsOverTheRed. Social media users who share their Rockets Over the Red photos on Instagram and Twitter with the official event hashtag may see their posts shared on a jumbo screen at Riverview Park during the event.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/301457700581226/" target="_blank">RSVP to the official Facebook event for regular updates</a>!</p>
601 Clyde Fant Pkwy Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Tinsel
Nov 30, 2018
Shreveport's most unique holiday shopping experience is…
2018-11-30 5:00 PM
2018-11-30 9:00 PM
Tinsel
<p>Shreveport's most unique holiday shopping experience is set for Friday, November 30, from 5-9 p.m. Tinsel shoppers are chauffeured to multiple stops along Line Avenue, shopping in the area's most popular stores, in a private after-hours environment. More than 30 participating stores offer a variety of complimentary food, beverage, entertainment, and discounts to Tinsel shoppers. The evening ends at the official Tinsel Afterparty.</p>
<p>Patrons can buy tickets and retailers can sign up to participate at <a title="www.tinselshreveport.com" href="http://www.tinselshreveport.com" target="_blank">www.tinselshreveport.com</a>.</p>
<p>IShuttle, LLC returns as the transportation sponsor, providing patrons with private chauffeur service along the Line Avenue corridor. Superior's Steakhouse will host the Official Afterparty, which will include drink specials for participants.</p>
<p>This year's participating retailers will be announced soon. Your $30 Tinsel ticket includesprivate transportation, after-hours access to all participating retailers, food, beverage, and exclusive discounts provided by the retailers, and access to the afterparty including drink specials.</p>
Line Ave Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Christmas On Caddo Fireworks Festival
Dec 1, 2018
The Christmas On Caddo Fireworks Festival is celebrating…
2018-12-01 3:30 PM
2018-12-01 7:00 PM
Christmas On Caddo Fireworks Festival
<p>The Christmas On Caddo Fireworks Festival is celebrating 24 years of holiday entertainment on Saturday, December 1 at Earl G. Williamson Park in Oil City located on Highway 1. The festival will open at 3:30 p.m. with a variety of food vendors, children's activities and live music and at 6:30 p.m. the skies above Caddo Lake will light up with a fireworks display being presented by Pyromania Fireworks, LLC. <br /><br />Festival-goers will have the opportunity to shop the wide selection of arts and crafts and feast on fair-styled foods such as gumbo, red beans and rice, Cajun chili and more. <br /><br />Children can visit with Santa to share their holiday wish list and receive a free gift from him. Photos with Santa will be available for purchase, too. Other children's activities include a jumpy house, clowns and more.</p>
11425 LA Hwy 1 Oil City, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
The Nutcracker
Dec 1 - Dec 2, 2018
Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet brings the holiday classic…
2018-12-01 6:30 PM
2018-12-02 6:30 PM
The Nutcracker
<p>Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet brings the holiday classic "The Nutcracker" to life on the historic Strand Theatre stage. "The Nutcracker" will feature guest artists Jordana Daumac and Skylar Campbell from The National Ballet of Canada and a cast of more than 100 local dancers led by Artistic Director Kendra Meiki.</p>
619 Louisiana Ave Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Benton Christmas on the Square Festival
Dec 8, 2018
The Benton Christmas on the Square Festival and Parade…
2018-12-08 10:00 AM
2018-12-08 10:00 AM
Benton Christmas on the Square Festival
<p>The Benton Christmas on the Square Festival and Parade celebrates the holidays in the charming town of Benton and provides traditional, family-oriented activities such as food, entertainment, arts and crafts, a parade and more.</p>
<p>This year, festival organizers are also offering Dash Around the Square, a 5k run and health walk. It will start at 10 a.m.</p>
<p>After the run, there will be live performances on two stages, Santa Claus, ride and activities. Some 70 food and craft vendors are anticipated. The parade will start at 3 p.m.</p>
417 Sibley St Benton, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Bossier Parish 175th Anniversary Celebration
Dec 15, 2018
Celebrate Bossier Parish’s 175th anniversary on December…
2018-12-15 3:00 PM
2018-12-15 9:00 PM
Bossier Parish 175th Anniversary Celebration
<p>Celebrate Bossier Parish’s 175th anniversary on December 15, 2018. This will be in conjunction with the already popular, Bossier Holiday Night Market!</p>
<p>Open 3 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday only, shop more than 200 vendors and more than a dozen food trucks. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Take advantage of free admission and free family fun including free Bossier swag and giveaways.</span></p>
<p>Shoppers will enjoy 100,000+ twinkling lights, food, and live music at the largest vendor event in the Ark-La-Tex. Items for purchase include market goods, unique food, wood crafts, jewelry, art, jams, fall gifts, jelly, salsa, clothing, vintage, ceramics, accessories, spice and seasoning blends, food trucks, metal and stone craft, wreaths, furniture, fruits, vegetables, paintings, decor, skin care, baked goods, candy, handcrafted soap, candles, crochet, home decor, honey, hot coffee, cocoa, and much more.</p>
<p>The event is pet-friendly and includes kids activities, so bring the whole family.</p>
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2950 E Texas St Bossier City, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Shreveport-Bossier Holiday Classic
Dec 15, 2018
Saturday, December 15, the Centenary Gold Dome will play…
2018-12-15 12:00 PM
2018-12-15 12:00 PM
Shreveport-Bossier Holiday Classic
<p>Saturday, December 15, the Centenary Gold Dome will play host to the Holiday Classic. There will be some highly competitive basketball games as Centenary Men's and Women's teams, East Texas Baptist University, LeTorneau, Northwestern State and Southern have already agreed to play games. Come on out and watch some of the best basketball in the area for a reasonable price. There will also be half court shots for fans to try and win prizes given away during each game.</p>
3482 Dixie Dr Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Harry Connick, Jr. A New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration…
Dec 16, 2018
Harry Connick, Jr.’s career has exemplified excellence…
2018-12-16 7:30 PM
2018-12-16 9:30 PM
Harry Connick, Jr. A New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration - Holiday Edition!
<p>Harry Connick, Jr.’s career has exemplified excellence across multiple platforms in the entertainment world. He has received Grammy and Emmy awards as well as Tony nominations for his live and recorded musical performances, his achievements in film and television and his appearances on Broadway as both an actor and a composer. <br /><br />The foundation of Connick’s art is the music of his native New Orleans, where he began performing as a pianist and vocalist at the age of five. To honor his beloved hometown which turns 300 this year, Connick and his band have been performing in the US on his “A NEW ORLEANS TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION” tour. <br /><br />Over the past three decades, Connick has established himself as a musician, singer and composer par excellence, a legendary live performer and a best-selling artist with millions of recordings sold around the world. Highlights of his music career include several multi-platinum recordings such as “When Harry Met Sally,” “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)”, “When My Heart Finds Christmas,” “Come By Me, and “Only You.” <br /><br />Connick has appeared in 19 films including Dolphin Tale with Morgan Freeman, Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock, P.S. I Love You with Hilary Swank, Bug with Ashley Judd, and Copycat with Sigourney Weaver, and on television (American Idol, Will & Grace, South Pacific and his Emmy Award winning concert specials). In the fall of 2016, he launched Harry, a national daytime television show featuring his touring band, which earned 11 Daytime Emmy nominations in its two seasons, including two nominations for best host, and a Critics’ Choice nomination for best talk show. On Broadway, Connick received Tony nominations as both a lead actor in The Pajama Game and as a composer/lyricist for Thou Shalt Not. <br /><br />Despite his busy career, Connick has always found the time to be charitable and has done some of his most important work in his efforts to help New Orleans rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. He, along with friend Branford Marsalis, conceived of “Musicians’ Village,” a community in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Musicians’ Village provides homes for Katrina-displaced musicians and its focal point, the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, is an after-school teaching facility for children, a performance hall and recording studio for indigent musicians, and a gathering place for the community. For more information on this project, please visit www.EllisMarsalisCenter.org. <br /><br />Connick’s honors, including induction into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, Honorary Doctorates from Tulane and Loyola Universities and the Jefferson Award for Public Service, have not led Harry Connick, Jr. to slow his creative pace; they only confirm his determination to apply his talents in ways that prove inspirational to other artists and publicly spirited citizens.</p>
705 Elvis Presley Ave Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Dec 20, 2018
Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the whole…
2018-12-20 7:00 PM
2018-12-20 10:00 PM
A Charlie Brown Christmas
<p>Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the whole Peanuts gang in this all-new touring stage adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's classic Emmy and Peabody Award-winning animated television special - all set to Vince Guaraldi's unforgettable music.<br /><br />Join the gang as they put on their own Christmas play, including a concert of beloved Christmas carols, and discover the true meaning of the season. There's no better way to experience Christmas magic. A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage is a present the whole family can enjoy!</p>
619 Louisiana Ave Shreveport, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
Christmas in CandyVille
Dec 22, 2018
Christmas in CandyVille will be held at CenturyLink Center…
2018-12-22 10:00 AM
2018-12-22 4:00 PM
Christmas in CandyVille
<p>Christmas in CandyVille will be held at CenturyLink Center Bossier on Saturday, December 22 at 10 a.m. Admission is $10 per participant at the door.<br /><br />Kids of all ages are invited to attend this season's sweetest holiday event and have their photo taken with Mrs. Claus! CenturyLink Center will be transformed into a landscape of interactive, holiday, confectionery bliss. <br /><br />Participants will become real-life game pieces while visiting the enchanted lands of Gummy Gallery, Cake Pop Shop, Camp Candy Corn, Gingerbread Gymnasium, Jawbreaker Junction, Pop Rock & Roll Theater, Mentos Mines, and Peppermint Palace.</p>
2000 CenturyLink Center Dr Bossier City, LA
America/North_Dakota/Center
