July 2026 Festival Calendar: Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana
Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana [KNGT-FM] - As we enter the Summertime across Southwest Louisiana, people will be heading out on vacations or looking for something fun to do. If you love going to festivals in the area, then you're in luck because there are three coming your way back to back to back in July 2026.
All three of these festivals celebrate our local food and Louisiana music while also featuring some of the biggest national artists in the business. All three of the festivals slated for July have all also been around a long time.
Grab your calendar and let's get started, so that you can go ahead and mark the dates and the festivals down and make plans to attend.
July 2026 Festivals in Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana
First up is the Coushatta Crossroads Festival, which will take place this year on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana. It will be inside the pavilion directly behind the casino. The Crossroads Festival features the biggest names in Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco music on two stages.
Read More: 2026 Coushatta Crossroads Entertainment Lineup
The next festival up in July in the area will take place the very next weekend. It is the Cajun Music and Food Festival put on by the Lake Charles Chapter of the Cajun French Music Association. It will take place inside tof the Burton Coliseum in South Lake Charles on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
Read More: 2026 Cajun Music and Food Festival Entertainment Lineup
Finally, to end the month, the Marshland Festival is back. Based out of Hackberry, Louisiana, the festival takes place every year inside the Lake Charles Event Center Coliseum in Lake Charles. This year's festival dates will be Friday, July 24th, and Saturday, July 25th, 2026.
This has been voted one of the 20 top festivals in the Southeastern United States. Once the entertainment Lineup has been released, we will pass it along to you.
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