General

Downtown Amphitheatre

11a.m.-11p.m.

Sponsored by Alexandria – Pineville Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Little Walter Foundation.

A day of live music honoring blues harmonica great Marion “Little Walter” Jacobs. Artists include Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, The Boogaloo Bolden Band, Mr. Sipp the Mississippi Blues Child, Chubby Carrier, Nacomi Tanaka & Blues Temple and many more!

Cost: Admission free.

Call APACVB: 442-9546. 

Expo Hall, Beauregard Parish Fair Grounds

9a.m.-5p.m. Sat., 10a.m.-4p.m. Sun.

Sponsored by DeRidder Gem and Mineral Society and Cenla Gem and Mineral Society.

Dealers from throughout Louisiana and the South will exhibit and sell.

Cost: $2 adults; under 12 free.

Call Jim Marler: 443-5184. 

Master Rousseau’s Taekwondo

10-11:30a.m.

For teens and adults that teaches safety tips along with defensive techniques to use against a predator. Register on Master Rousseau’s Facebook page.

Cost: Admission free.

Call Master Rousseau: 443-8066. 

Master Rousseau’s Taekwondo

11:45a.m.-12:45p.m.

For adults. Benefits are cardio, stress relief and self-defense workout. Class consists of boxing combos, hand and foot techniques on pads with a core component. A fun and exciting way to burn between 350-450 calories.

Cost: Admission free.

Call Master Rousseau: 443-8066. 

Mansura

Time: varies.

Sponsored by Mansura Chamber of Commerce.

Cost: Admission free; fees vary for activities.

Call Nicky Bordelon: 964-2696. 

Volunteers of America Office

10a.m.-2p.m.

Sponsored by Volunteers of America Teen Outreach Program.

2nd annual walk encourages parents to walk and talk with their teens about preventing teen pregnancy. This program is in awareness of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month.

Cost: $10 adults; $5 teens.

Call LaTessa Mathews: 442-8026. 

Kent Plantation House

9a.m.-1p.m.

Sponsored by Kent Plantation House, USDA Forestry Service Southern Research Station.

Come learn about the world of bugs. Good bugs, bad bugs, local bugs and exotic bugs. The bugs that like daytime and those that only come out at night. Learn from local pest control experts how to keep your home and business bug free, or learn how to encourage certain bugs to remain in your yard.

Cost: $1 per person.

Call Kent House: 487-5998. 

Downtown Amphitheatre

8a.m.

Sponsored by Alexandria Museum of Art.

Three competition flights, spirit awards, interactive art and family fun! Chinese cultural events support by GEADA.

Cost: $2100 for boat team; $1500 for tailgating team; spectators free.

Call: 443-3458.