Autumn gardens arts and cultural festival today at Houmas House

Published 12:00 am Saturday, October 9, 2010

River Region Art Association presents Awesome Art in Autumn Gardens Arts and Cultural Festival in the gardens of Houmas House Plantation Oct. 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., sponsored in part by grant funding from the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the Baton Rouge Arts Council. 

This art extravaganza features over 200 Louisiana artists with fine art, folk art, literary art, music, dance, arts and crafts booths and an awesome art show and sale. Enjoy jazz, bluegrass, Cajun and German oompa music to name a few.  Belly dancers, Vietnamese Lion dancers, antebellum dancers, Broadway performers, African American dancers and Cajun dancers will entertain throughout the weekend. The Baton Rouge Concert Band will perform on Sunday afternoon in front of the mansion. 

For more information call 225-328-7354 or visit www.artgumbo.org or www.houmashouse.com.