Find High-Flying Adventure!

APRIL 2023

Find high-flying adventures at Kite Fest Louisiane, April 29-30! Kids & grown-ups alike will enjoy a day of kite flying, kite making, Louisiana food booths, and watching champion kite-flying!

Bring your lawn chairs and stay for fireworks on Saturday! Fun is in the air at this Festival of the Year! Don’t miss Kite Fest Louisiane!!

Kite Fest on the Westside!!

Easter Egg-stravaganza

The West Baton Rouge Museum and the West Baton Rouge Parish Library are partnering once again to host Egg-stavaganza, an old-fashioned spring celebration on the grounds of the West Baton Rouge Museum. This FREE and open-to-the-public event, will be held on Sunday, April 2nd, from 2:00-3:30PM.

FIND THE EASTER EGGS!!

Cars & Chaos

Come out for the Chaos Cajun Nationals at State Capitol Raceway, April 14-15. Funny Car Chaos brings ground-pounding drag racing and nitro-burning action for a weekend of fun that you won’t want to miss! Check out Top Fuel Pro Mods, Scott Palmer vs. “Mac Daddy” Sandlian.

CHAOS CAJUN NATIONALS

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Historic Happy Hour!

Enjoy the West Baton Rouge Museum Historical Happy Hour featuring nationally acclaimed host of NPR's American Routes, Nick Spitzer, with special guest American Bluesman, Kenny Neal.

Bring your lawn chairs & favorite beverage and enjoy Historic Happy Hour on the Westside

GET HAPPY!

Recipes from the Westside

Blackened Redfish Lafitte

For Lenten Season or ANY Season, this blackened redfish recipe from Louisiana Bayou Bistro utilizes delicious Bistro Blackening Seasoning to spice up the fresh fish. adding a lump crabmeat Lafitte sauce for a flavor explosion.

Recipe: Blackened Redfish Lafitte

Courtesy: Louisiana Bayou Bistro

Photos from the Westside

Want to show off the place you love to visitors? Tag posts #OnlyLouisiana & go on a Bayou Krewe adventure!

Photo Feature: Sweet Friends!

Thanks for this reminder, West Baton Rouge Museum, that Easter Egg-stravaganza is so much more than just an Easter Egg Hunt! Come on out to the Easter Egg-stravaganza this year!

Make sure to tag #WestBatonRouge to submit a favorite photo to feature!