Shake Your Trail Feather Festival Becomes Paddle Parade on Oct. 17

We are canceling our full-blown annual Shake Your Trail Feather Festival due to COVID-19 this year, but the “Paddle to the Party” boat parade is becoming the “Paddle IS the Party.” Band Amis du Teche will escort via barge as folks float for a 2-hour paddle from Poche’s Meat Market to Parc des Ponts in Breaux Bridge down beautiful Bayou Teche. When the parade ends in Breaux Bridge, there will be food, a Bird Mask Contest and a 1 p.m. raffle of a $200 gift certificate from Pack and Paddle. Please note that drinks will be BYOB due to COVID-19. 

Check-in is at Poche’s at 9:30 a.m., and the parade is from 10 a.m.-noon. Parade is limited to non-motorized watercraft, and boat/kayak rental is available from Bayou Teche Experience, Pack and Paddle and The Backpacker. A pre-paddle shuttle is also available. More details here.

Registration is limited and available via Eventbrite.