There will be over 120 craft beers that you can sample and award-winning barbeque. Saturday, March 9th the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum will be transformed into beer and BBQ heaven.
Seeing that we are situated right smack-dab in the center of the Ark-La-Tex (the beating heart of BBQ country as any sane person will tell you) - you're within striking distance of at least one of the quality spots featured on this list.
Shreveport's own Bryan Roppolo, with Operation BBQ Relief, is now in Hammond preparing to feed flood victims. OBR is also taking donations to transport to these victims.
Several teams of police officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters, and BBQ enthusiasts will come together to compete in the upcoming "Heroes BBQ Cookoff" sponsored by The North Shreveport Business Association.
Safe to say, many people will be grilling this weekend, so you might want to hoard the propane tanks and gargantuan amounts of meat while you can.
A recent survey reveals that 49% of people will be grilling it up on Father's Day, which, by most standards, makes it the fourth largest grilling day of the year....right behind 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day.