20th Annual Sunflower Trail & Festival

20th Annual Sunflower Trail and Festival to be Held on Saturday, June 16 in Gilliam

Free event will feature sunflower trail, live music, arts and crafts vendors and more

GILLIAM, LA – The 20th Annual Sunflower Trail and Festival will take place, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, June 16 in Gilliam, Louisiana. The event will feature art and entertainment for all ages including handmade items for sale by heritage crafters and artists, hands-on arts and crafts activities for children, art exhibits, a sunflower photography contest and more. Food and refreshment vendors will be available at the festival, and lunch will be served at nearby businesses including Main Street Restaurant and James Country Store in Gilliam, as well as The Wild Petunia and D&I General Store in Belcher. Live music will be performed in the festival area. Admission is free and open to the public.
Festival activities will take place behind the Crossroads Museum in Gilliam, just off of Highway 3049. Highway 3049 (also known as Dixie/Shreveport Road) can be reached from Shreveport by heading north on Grimmett Drive and turning right onto Highway 3049. The physical address of the Crossroads Museum is 12797 Main Street (LA-3049) in Gilliam.
Visitors to the festival are encouraged to explore the Sunflower Trail on their way to or from the festival. To drive the Sunflower Trail, turn right at Old Dixie Gin and Sentell Road and drive the loop around the levee. Sentell Road circles back to Highway 3049 at Cornerstone Baptist Church, just north of Dixie. This scenic drive features several sunflower varieties and wildflower fields. A sunflower maze is on Sentell Road – visitors can walk and take pictures. Sunflowers along the trail are expected to be in full bloom – and visitors can cut them in places along the road.
Special added attraction – The Sunflower Trail Treasure Hunt – Look for clues on the Sunflower Trail Facebook page the week before the Festival June 16th.
The Sunflower Trail and Festival is a presentation of the Red River Crossroads Historical Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1994. For more information on the 19th Annual Sunflower Trail and Festival, like the Sunflower Trail and Festival page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SunflowerTrail/ or contact Gilliam Mayor Gail Moore or Karen Logan at (318) 296-4303. For more information on the Red River Crossroads Historical Association, visit www.RedRiverCrossroadsHistorical.org. For a full calendar of upcoming events in Shreveport-Bossier and the surrounding communities, visit www.SBFunGuide.com.