What a lovely refurbished old downtown theater!…read more Loved the downtown location. Loved the comfy seats. Loved the great acoustics! I was in Hammond for a chorale performance and this theater was a perfect location. The sound was good. The location was great (park in nearby lots or on the street). The restrooms were spacious. Wish I could have gotten their earlier to eat at one of the area restaurants.

The Columbia is a wonderful vintage mini movie palace similar to the Orpheum, Saenger and Loew;s…read moreState theaters of my ill spent youth. (The great movie palaces of N.O. were all in business when I was a kid in the late 50s and most of the 60s. )The Peerless Magnarc lamp houses and RCA Simplex projectors have been removed from the old projection booth, but one is still on display in the lobby. I have attended about a dozen productions at the Columbia, and only had one real problem, i.e. the balcony. I was told by a employee that I might be too tall to fit up there, but I did not listen to her advice. (I spent the entire show with my legs sticking out into the isle.) If you are tall, the balcony is not for you. Parking is not an issue. Spaces are available on the street or in the nearby parking lots.

Nice community auditorium with easy access, good sight lines, a good sound system, and well…read moreequipped with good tech for audio, etc. Excellent venue for meetings, theatrical productions, and small concerts. Just guessing but I would say seating for perhaps 600+. Additional parking would be nice, but somewhat limited by the surrounding residential community.

This is my 2nd time at this small theater attached to the Covington city hall. Both times were for…read morehigh school theatrical productions. And this theater is the perfect size with several hundred seats available. The sound is pretty good and the seats are a good size. Parking is somewhat plentiful but the city hall lot says you will be towed, even after hours, so don't park there. Both times I've been the theater group was selling some snacks. Fine spot to catch a show, especially when adolescent family members are in it!

The sunset concert series are great. Beginning in March each year, this six week concert series…read morefeatures great food, music and family friendly fun. I went to my first concert here last night, and I am hooked. The trailhead is a perfect venue for an outside concert. The stage has a concrete dance area directly in front, and the seating area is a grass area that slopes upward, ensuring everyone can see the show. Outside food and drink weren't allowed, but two local restaurants served food and the venue sold drinks. One of the food vendors (Lago) sold shrimp fajita plates for $5. Beside the fajitas, the plate came with rice and beans. It was great. I cant imagine another place to get food, drink and music for so cheap. The performer last night was Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots and they were incredible. I have always enjoyed Sunpie, but in this small of a venue, he really shined. The dance floor was packed with kids, and adults dancing to every song. I thoroughly enjoyed this concert and hope to attend several more in the future. These concerts are perfect for families or couples who want a cheap night out.

The kids had a great time and wanted to go through again. I thought the tickets allowed that, but…read moreit's a one time deal. Still great fun and incredibly scary. One of the kids had gone the year before and confirmed that it's completely different each year. Lots of fun.

The hayride and the haunted house. Amazing! Great time for the whole family. We were scared out of…read moreour minds hahahaha

This fest is always a good time. I grew up in Hammond and this is one of the few close by events…read morewe'd go to almost every year. Fast forward many years and it's bigger and better than ever. You have jousting, falconry, mead, and so many amazing costumes. People truly go all out. Now they even have a thing where you can sign up for side quests where it's kind of like a scavenger hunt to find and document certain things. Haven't tried that yet, but sounds like a blast. Also, they have axe throwing and I'm pretty good at it.

I was watching in real time. There were no season passes then they lied to cover them up. All the…read moresudden they appeared on the ticket page 3 hrs later as instantly sold out because they never existed. They want more people not deals for families.... its more money. They dont give af about any of this. They even tried to say it wasn't about alcohol and sales but the i copied and pasted that 90% of the upgrades were additional alcohol vendors and bar upgrades and they banned me from the page. It's sadly gonna go the way of all other fairs in Louisiana. Attracting the wrong crowds, driving out the right crowds until its ruined. This breaks my heart. Been going 10 straight years almost ok st every weekend.I've seen 15-20 people online banned from LARF FB page. People are mad about the directions things are going. Your alienating the families and loyal customers who LARF means so much to. Each year for the last 2-3 years its been getting more over crowded and there have been more disorderly incidents. Families rely on season passes which were abundant last year. These complaints are not going to go away. I will be there in person as will a large group of my friends to let people know whats going on. Yall need to do the right thing. 90% of the upgrades listed on yalls page this year were pubs and additional drinking places. I know of multiple family toy and gift vendors who were asked not to come back to make room for this bs. They have contacted me. I have names of businesses youve done this too. I urge you to listen to the people before you destroy our love and LARF goes the same way of all the other fairs in LA. your going to start driving away the crowds that built it and love it. You'll be left with those you really dont want until you fail....

Great festival with unique vintage finds, eclectic mix of antiques, architectural salvage, live…read moremusic, artists, collectibles and more! Set in downtown Covington, with good parking (free "oxlots"), the streets blocked off, refreshments available, shade trees and public seating everywhere.

What was once the one parade I could take my kids to has become an awful mess…read more Prior to this year I would always watch the parade at the very beginning. That meant easy parking, a quick viewing experience and an easy exit post parade. This year the geniuses in. Mandeville decided that area was a "no parade zone" due to construction. That meant I was forced to find a new spot or deal with the wrath of my children. You see, I promised them I would take them to a parade, and you should never make promises to kids that you don't intend to keep. So anyway, I studied the route and picked a spot. The spot I picked (classified) seemed to offer all that my old spot did, but in soon learned it was nothing like it. First off, I encountered some ne'er do wells smoking marijuana in the parking area. Thanks degenerates for exposing me to your bad habits. Second, the route in this area is not lined with barricades. It's a lot easier to prevent float crushings if the route is barricaded. Also in this area were an enormous amount of parked vehicles along the side of the road. Apparently the only spot without illegally parked cars was my original spot and that wasn't an option. These car people we parked literally on the route in the road. Should one of them decided he wanted to mow down the crowd nothing would have stopped him. The parade itself was all out of sync. The gap between floats was massive despite being somewhat close to the start of the route. This all women's crew was pretty good about throwing to the kids which was the one plus, but waiting so long between floats made my kids antsy. It was almost as if there was no organization to the parade whatsoever. The final nail in the coffin was the post parade experience. Despite the parade being completely past our location, traffic was at a standstill. For some reason the police had the only avenues of exit completely blocked. Making matters worse was that when one additional route opened, they weren't doing anything to facilitate traffic moving smoothly. It's almost as if this was the northshore's first ever Mardi Gras parade and no one knew what to do. As parades go, this was not a good experience. My kids did enjoy catching stuff, but if they don't improve the entire operation, I doubt I'll be back.

I love this Parade...I'm probably biased though. This was the S/O's and my first parade together…read more So, I might be alittle too generous with this review! I lived a couple of blocks away from the route where it turned off of Monroe onto 190 and it was a convenient place to watch. It's a small, Nice family themed parade where most people are well behaved and friendly. No real fighting over beads and throws. This year was the same, a fun local parade with plenty of throws and some good High school bands playing.

Excellent dance training!!! The staff and teachers are so sweet and amazing! Highly recommend!…read moreHonest, loyal people!

This place gets the award for worst experience I have ever had with a dance company. I never felt…read moreso disrespected or unheard in my life. They do not communicate with their members and families other than to bill you and they basically do whatever they want. I would not send my dog to this academy much less my daughter. I truly think they are very close to being guilty of discriminating behavior in the way they run things.