🌱 Shreveport Soul Flower Music Fest and 10 more events

Hello Blanchard! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• 2026 Shreveport Soul Flower Music Fest at Festival Plaza
• Shreveport Soul Flower Music Fest at Festival Plaza
• Shreveport Crawfish Kickoff Festival at Festival Plaza

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Periods of sun; breezy, warm, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, temps: high: 74, low: 46.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 73 and low of 47 degrees.

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📸 Around Blanchard

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Blanchard

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• 2026 Shreveport Soul Flower Music Fest
  Festival Plaza, 101 Crockett St, Shreveport
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Shreveport Soul Flower Music Fest
  Festival Plaza , 101 Crockett St , Shreveport
  2:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Shreveport Crawfish Kickoff Festival
  Festival Plaza , 101 Crockett St , Shreveport
  2:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• CAPM Certification 4 Days Classroom Training in Shreveport, LA
  Regus - Shreveport - Boardwalk , 333 Texas St Boardwalk , Suite 1300 , Shreveport
  9:00 am

Wednesday April 22

• Millionaire$
  Bear's , 1401 Fairfield Ave , Shreveport
  9:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• International Rose & Wine Festival
  Shreveport Riverview Park , 601 Clyde Fant Pkwy , Shreveport
  2:00 pm

Sunday May 10

• Shreveport Stuffed Shrimp Festival
  Festival Plaza , 101 Crockett St , Shreveport
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Lil' Literacy Learners' Storytime
  Bossier Parish Libraries Benton Branch , 115 Courthouse Dr , Benton
  10:00 am
• Old Tyme Music Jam
  Bossier Parish Libraries Benton Branch , 115 Courthouse Dr , Benton
  1:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Playtime - Let's Play Dress Up
  Robert E. Smith Library , 6301 Canal Blvd , New Orleans
  10:00 am
• Craft & Connect
  Bossier Parish Libraries Benton Branch , 115 Courthouse Dr , Benton
  10:30 am

Tuesday April 21

• Art Smarts: Recycled Sculpture
  Robert E. Smith Library , 6301 Canal Blvd , New Orleans
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Porter - Unit # 760 in Shreveport. Apply here.
• Pala Group LLC posted a job opening for Combo Welder in Shreveport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blanchard here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Shreveport

• What To Know About Shreveport's Public Pools This Summer (710keel.com)
• Celebrate Mother's Day with Shreveport 5K for lupus awareness (ktalnews.com)
• Shreveport man arrested after Facebook Live threats targeting three people and public officials (ksla.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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