Weather Forecast TodayDec 21, 2024 42.3°F Toledo Bend Clear conditions throughout the day. See 7-day Forecast Bluebird Trail At Hodges Gardens Festivals Home Battle of Pleasant Hill Festival of Lights Free State Festival Loggers' Festival Milam Settlers' Days Mud & Trail Ride - RC Mud & Trail Ride - NWTF Pineland Days Pioneer Trade Day Pow-wow Sawmill Days Tamale Fiesta Click on each festival name to get pictures and details… MARCH Rotary Club Annual Mud & Trail Ride 1st Saturday of March. Camping, classes, mud rides and the beautiful nature trails of SRA Park Site #3 – 3A APRIL Battle of Pleasant Hill Early April – weekend closest to April 8-9 (the actual dates of the battle). Re-enactment of a Civil War rebel victory. Has over 700 re-enactors and attracts between 5,000 and 10,000 visitors each year. Pioneer Trade Day 3rd Saturday of April. This festival with food, vendors, historical exhibits is held at the historic Gaines-Oliphint House and proceeds benefit the restoration and preservation of the house. MAY Choctaw-Apache Pow-Wow 1st weekend in May. Powwow events are held both Saturday and Sunday. Zwolle Loggers’ Festival 2nd weekend in May. This festival pays tribute to all the logging and forestry families and industries in the town and parish. Fisher Sawmill Days 3rd weekend in May. This festival “tells it like it was” in Fisher at the turn of the last century during the early days of lumbering in Louisiana. It recaptures the flavor of life in a sawmill village. OCTOBER Pineland Days Held in odd-numbered years on the 1st Saturday of October Zwolle Tamale Fiesta 2nd weekend in October. Recalls the area’s occupation by the Spanish Province of Texas. NOVEMBER Sabine Free State Festival 1st weekend in November. This festival commemorates the time when the area was a Free State (1806-1822), located between Spanish land and the United States. Milam Settlers’ Days Weekend before Thanksgiving. The historic theme of the festival is focused on the Causey House in Milam. Milam is Sabine County’s oldest town with a history that dates back to at least 1828, at which time it was called Red Mound. DECEMBER Festival of Lights 1st Saturday of December – continuing all month. Christmas Festival and City of Lights – Since its beginnings in 1927, the Festival of Lights has grown into Louisiana’s premier community based Christmas Celebration.
