Civic Center

If you did not get a pair of the 7,900 tickets that were given out for the Joshua Ledet concert at the Burton Coliseum, you can still see it and hear it LIVE. Because of the demand, the concert will be simulcast live inside the Lake Charles Civic Center coliseum at Contraband Days and broadcast live on our sister station, 107 JAMZ.  Here is all the info.

This year will mark the 55th year for The Contraband Days Festival, and for that milestone, the event is getting a total makeover. What's on tap for Calcasieu Parish's most famous event in 2012? We've got the scoop.

The fall ArtsFest, an annual free arts festival for area children, is going on this Saturday from 10am to 2pm at the Lake Charles Civic Center Exhibition hall. It's a free event and a great place to bring the kiddo's for some fun. Here are the details.

Bargain hunters, start your engines! Our Garage, Antiques and Collectibles Sale started tonight and will continue on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lake Charles Civic Center. From handmade jewelry to air fresheners, antique typewriters to old LP albums, clothing to tools, you can find an incredible array of items. Want to get an idea of what you can see at the sale?

There’s an unwritten rule for garage sales – more is better. More people = more money, right? So just imagine what happens when you turn the Lake Charles Civic Center into your own personal garage sale superstore! That’s exactly what we’re planning to do on Friday, Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 1.

The Louisiana Beer Festival is being held in Lake Charles on September 24th, 2011. It will be held in the Lake Charles Civic Center and will feature more than 100 beers from around the state, the country, and the world. Plus, enjoy the Pit Boss BBQ Sauce Cajun Classic BBQ Cook-off (Sanctioned), a sanctioned Home Brew competition and Beer Pong finals (Info at "Huddle Up" on West Prie

Arts & Crabs Fest, Southwest Louisiana’s newest and fastest growing seafood festival, will take over the second and third floors of the Lake Charles Civic Center on Saturday, August 20th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature the best of the Imperial Calcasieu experience with spotlights on Lake Area restaurants, national and regional music, and local art.

We promised you more Damon Troy and Final Five for the Marshland Festival. Well, here ya go!

It turns out that Friday’s Marshland Festival’s opening night was the farewell performance from our friends in Hip Boot Joe. You might know these guys from their work with Wayne Toups, especially the song "Here in Louisiana."  Notice Travis Thibodeaux, the lead singer -- he's the guy who wrote Toups's mega hit "Take My Hand" when he was 14 years old.  What were you doing when y

Damon Troy and Final Five set the house on fire Friday night with their blistering set at the Marshland Festival, and we brought our cameras to make sure we didn’t miss a beat.  When he ripped into “Party Down,” it made our hair stand up.  If it don’t give you the chills, see a doctor, baby.

Damon Troy and the Final Five tore the roof off the Civic Center Friday night and then set the coliseum on fire as the headliner for night one of the Marshland Festival.  We grabbed this shot from the side of the stage before security could tackle us.

The 2011 Marshland Festival is this Friday night & all day Saturday inside the Lake Charles Civic Center.  Food, dancing and awesome entertainment are the highlights you can expect this weekend. Check out the line up for this years festival which includes 2 of the Swamp People from the hit series on the History Channel plus Damon Troy, Keith Frank, & Horace Trahan just to name a few!!! Rea