Although it's a 4 Hour drive, it's well worth the visit! Buy a pint or 20!! I get a couple flats…read moreand we enjoy sharing one flat with plenty of fresh berries for our family and I freeze the second flat for year round fresh blueberry tasting goods! Get your fresh, plump and sweet locally-grown blueberries! This is a nice area to visit and we go in the day before and spend the night. It reminds me of my childhood and going to summer festivals 2-3 times a summer. Brookshire Brothers brings in sweet, Texas-grown berries and sets up n the 400 block on the east end of Main St. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - or until they're gone! Pint - $2.50 Flat - $25.00 Sauce- $5.00 Pies - $12.00 Overview The 27th Annual Texas Blueberry Festival produced by the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 11 in historic downtown Nacogdoches. The festival begins at 8 a.m., Saturday, with sweet blueberry entertainment, arts and craft vendors, tasty treats, shows and activities all will enjoy through the day. Look for more exciting blueberry-inspired fun in Nacogdoches after the festival closes at 4 p.m. What do you love most... Sausage on a Stick ~ Funnel Cake ~ Lemonade ~ Snow Cones ~ Barbecue ~ All kinds of goodies - Fried! Get all that and more blueberry-sweet stuff at the festival. Start the day with the best blueberry pancake breakfast - 8 a.m. until they are gone! Better hurry! Downtown on Pecan St. in between Hospital and Main St. - $6 a plate. Sponsor: Kiwanis Club Visit the Blueberry Hill Soda & Sweet Shoppe in the lobby of Regions Bank and the old-time soda fountain at Heart of Texas Gift Gallery. Smell the sweet aromas from all the food vendors that fill the festival. And don't forget downtown restaurants Olde Towne General Store, Shelley's Bakery and Cafe and The Liberty Bell for all-day yummies!!! Continue to check TexasBlueberryFestival.com for updates on all the fun!

One of the better fruit related festivals I've gone to. The festival is huge, lots of vendors and…read moreold shoppes to see. They have activities for kids, competitions for all ages and programs such as cooking presentation and film screenings. The main highlight was going to a farm and picking fresh blueberries. Me and my friend planned a whole itinerary for the day and you really can spend a whole day at nacagdoches! I managed to try a few restaurants in the area as well as get some chipotle sauce and blueberry cobler and blueberry lemonade! It was a 2.5 hr drive from Houston! We got there exactly at 8am and got great parking at the church and people were already lined up for blueberry pancakes!! Also shuttle tickets to farm got taken fast!!! At 9am we got a time slot to farm at 12:15pm. I suggest you get shuttle ticket first thing getting there. By 11am or even 10am tickets will no longer be available!! Volunteers were plenty!! They had a lot of free ice cold water bottles until the end of the day which I thought was an amazing priority to keep festive goers hydrated!! The sweet shoppe was a very Cute and relaxing little stand in the bank!! Expect to overeat and if you get extra time I recommend driving to the mize garden!! It's a nice little hike, could easily spend about 40 minutes there! Take some bug spray though!

Just about a thirty minute drive from Shreveport- Gilliam doesn't have much to offer... but for a…read morebrief week or two in June it offers spectacular fields of sunflower. And if you go before the festival on a weekday you get unobstructed views of un trampled uncut flowers. That's what I got this year since the festival was canceled. I've gone out now -4 x- but this year I remembered a knife. And some water. There is a grocery and diner close by as well.

One of the nicer and family friendly attractions if you are here in early summer (the festival was…read moresupposed to be 6/20 this year, before covid cancellation). There are various stops along the road where you just drive off, get out of your car walk around. If there is a big patch adjacent to someone's property they are generally easy going about you going on it, just don't pick their corn if it borders crops.

The Poke Salad Festival is celebrating its' 42nd year in Blanchard, this Friday the 13th weekend in…read moreBlanchard. It seems that many of the master and top chefs in the outside world and the world outside of this, have begun to finally recognize and appreciate this pokeweed and its' culinary significance as it were, and as it is and always has been, here held in high esteem for a near half century. And in doing so annually here on the grounds of the Poke Salad Pavilion, and other parts of this small town next to and north of Shreveport, there is song, and there is dance, there is food and there is drink, all in honor of this great plant!

Such a fun event. It was very humid weather for a girl from Las Vegas... but the atmosphere was…read moreenergized and everyone was so friendly I forgot I was sweating. And there was a little homemade Italian Ice trailer that had delicious creations which I had both days I was there. Amazing music and dancing. Fun trinkets at the vendors. And most important the food and drinks were great! I thought the prices were great and if you arrive early on Friday the rings are even discounted. Dwayne Dopsie was AMAZING, worth the just to see him.

Great place to eat and listen to the music. Relaxing and enjoying and walking aroundread more

This is one of my annual rites of Spring to where others have vanished (see minor league baseball…read morein Shreveport, the Barksdale Air Force Base Defenders of Freedom Air Show (sigh)) So, really, now this is my only Rite of Spring. And God bless it so. I LOVE Smoking On The Red! This is one of the coolest events in all of this area. If you are an avid cigar afficianado such as I, then this is the place for you!!! Ladies are certainly welcome and encouraged to attend. As a matter of fact, if you are a single female and your friends are single females (even if you don't just love cigars, you should come to this event. There are dudes everywhere. I've always told all the ladies I know on the prowl, you got to go to where the guys are, if you want to find one. Go to where they are most comfortable. There, you will find them in packs. This is a great event as put on by The Tobacco House Inc, and this year, being once again hosted by the lovely environs of The Phoenix Underground in downtown Shreveport. There are cigars galore. Heavy appetizers. Whiskey and Scotch tastings (yes, please!) Live music thia year by Identity Crisis. The event lasts from 5pm to 9pm. Cost is 45 dollars. Buy your tickets in advance at all Tobacco House Inc outlets. You get waaaaay more than your 45 bucks back on this deal. All cigar lovers, male and female, must converge on the Phoenix Underground on Friday, April 5th, for this event!!!!

Great family friendly fun. Livestock, bake competition, prize plants & vegetables, all the good…read morestuff a fair should be. $3 entry for adults. You'll enjoy this hometown fair.

What a beautiful winery and restaurant! I had lunch here on the weekend, and the views are amazing…read moreand peaceful. The charcutierie board was so nice in presentation, and I loved the different meats and cheese included. Some of the fruit (the grapes) were not as fresh as it could have been though, but most were good. The wine was amazing. I really like the pinot and chardonnay. The service was okay, it was a bit slow to be honest, but the people were nice regardless! The pizzas were great. My favorite was the fig with arugula- it was so so good- savory and sweet.

The pizza here was amazing. I liked the chicken with olives on the cauliflower dough. The…read morecauliflower was very crunchy. The Riesling was also my favorite one out of the ones that I had tried. It was very fruity and refreshing. Super sweet They used were also very pretty. Was nice to eat outside and enjoy the fresh air, the sun, and the view of the winery. The service was good overall, but it did take a while to get some of the dishes, as well as some napkins and plates.