🌱 4th Annual Swamp Pop Festival and 10 more events

Morning Amelia! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• 4th Annual Swamp Pop Festival at Mama G's

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 56.
• Sunday: Not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Amelia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 2

• 4th Annual Swamp Pop Festival
  Mama G's, 7540 LA-182, Morgan City
  11:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Laurel Valley Farmer's Market
  Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce / Visitor Information Center , 318 E Bayou Rd , Thibodaux
  2:00 pm

Friday April 24

• 21st Annual Black Bear Festival
  Franklin Historic District , 1401 Pine St , Franklin
  12:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Her MajesTea Women's Empowerment Brunch
  The Old Building , 3190 1st St , Berwick
  10:00 am
• From Home to the Sky; Louisiana Women Aviators in WW11
  Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum , 118 Cotten Rd , Patterson
  11:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• Morgan City VFW Bingo
  Veterans of Foreign Wars , 1504 Sandra St , Morgan City
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Crowned with Purpose Book signing
  Assumption Parish Library , 293 Napoleon Ave , Napoleonville
  9:00 am

Sunday May 3

• K-POP WARRIORS - PATTERSON, LA
  Patterson Area Civic Center , 116 Cotton Rd , Patterson
  5:30 pm

Saturday May 16

• Financial Literacy Class
  Berwick Branch Library , 3512 5th St , Berwick
  9:30 am

Saturday June 6

• 11th Annual Miss Bayou Voice for Autism Pageant
  Morgan City Municipal Audtrm , 728 Myrtle St , Morgan City
  9:00 am
• 6th Annual Recital
  Morgan City Municipal Auditorium
  3:00 pm

Saturday June 27

• 2nd Annual Market & Family Fun Day
  Bayou Vista Community Center , 1333 Bellview St , Morgan City
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ochsner Health posted a job opening for EVS Aide/Housekeeping - Morgan City - Full Time - Evenings in Morgan City. Apply here.
• Louisiana Community and Technical College System posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty: Certified Nursing Assistant in Morgan City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amelia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morgan City

• Jenna Richard releases 'Swamp Siren' album (stmarynow.com)
• Morgan City radio logs for April 14-15 (stmarynow.com)
• Federal Reserve Approves M C Bank Merger with DMMS Purcharser Inc. (kqkinews.com)

Thibodaux

• Thibodaux marshal makes history with statewide leadership role (houmatimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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