PREMIER SPONSORS

   

 

 

 

GOLD SPONSORS

  • Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors
  • Glazers
  • La Petit Ecole
  • The Cotillion Club
  • The City of Shreveport
  • Kilpatrick Life
  • Heard, McElroy & Vestal

 

 

Welcome to Holiday in Dixie

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Holiday in Dixie is a multifaceted spring festival celebrating its 65th year in the Shreveport area, making it one of the oldest running festivals in Louisiana. HID provides cultural enrichment, family oriented activities, economic development, a celebration of The Louisiana Purchase and most importantly, a spirit of community involvement and pride. The spring festival running from April 12th-April 21st is a full schedule of merriment and activities with “something for everyone”.

Holiday in Dixie 2011 is comprised of the ever popular Treasure Hunt, Neighborhood Block Party Day at the Carnival, the Classic Parade and the Carnival on the Riverfront at Shreveport’s Festival Plaza. Listed by the ABA as one of the Top 100 events in North America, the festival is sponsored by community businesses, our sponsors and the members of the Holiday in Dixie Ambassadors.

For further information, interviews, or to become a member of the Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors, contact the Holiday in Dixie office at 318.865.5555 or doodah@holidayindixie.com .

 
Join the Ambassadors

The Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors, sponsors of Holiday in Dixie invite you to join. Annual membership dues of $250 fund the Holiday in Dixie Festival. Please call the office for more details.


 

2nd Annual Doodah Run on the Parkway

Sunday, April 20, 2013
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Carnival at Festival Plaza

Admission is FREE for all ages. Children under 12 MUST be accompanied by an adult!!

Friday, April 12; 5pm-11

Saturday, April13; 12-11pm

Sunday, April 14 1pm-10pm

Monday-Thursday, April 15-18; 5pm-10pm

Friday, April 19; 5pm-11

Saturday, April 20; 12-11pm

Sunday, April 21 1pm-10pm

 

Louisiana Purchase Education Program

Living Louisiana: Life in Louisiana in 1803

A Look at the Impact of the Louisiana Purchase

HID has developed a multifacted teaching unit focusing on the Louisiana Purchase and its historical impact on the great state of Louisiana. Our students live in a history and culture-rich state. (more…)

Miss Holiday in Dixie

The 2012 Miss Holiday in Dixie is Aja Majkrzak.

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Classic Parade

In 2013, the parade will be Saturday, April 13th at 5:30 pm in downtown Shreveport beginning at the Municipal Auditorium and heading east on Milam, north on Market, then west on Texas.

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