2024 EVENTS

JANUARY

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Jan 17th…Kinder Chamber Member Luncheon 12-1pm @ Roy’s Catfish Hut

Jan 22nd…Annual Kinder Chamber Banquet/Auction

FEBRUARY

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

•  Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
•  Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
•  Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

February…Allen Parish Libraries Honor Black History Month

Feb 1st…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Feb 10th… Children’s Courir de Mardi Gras

  Kajun Koozans

 Bernie Alan Band 

 Allon Danser Band 

Morgan Lemelle & The Zydeco Playmakers

Feb 12th… (Lundi Gras)  Mardi Gras at Nursing Home 

Metro Soileau Mardi Gras {10am to 4pm} 422 Hwy 104

Feb 13th…Mardi Gras Day!

Oberlin Courir de Mardi Gras Roll Call

Mardi Gras Lunch Stop

 Courir de Mardi Gras Parade thru Oberlin

  Community Gumbo in Oberlin

 Mardi Gras Dance by Kevin Naquin & Cajun Preservation

Feb 21st…Kinder Chamber Luncheon @ Roy’s Catfish Hut 12-1pm

Feb 29th… Allen Parish Libraries/Oakdale Branch Lunch & Learn

MARCH

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

March 1st…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Kedspinzhitz 

March 2nd… The Vault (Oberlin) DJ DSolomon Ladies Night

March 7th…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

March 8th…Kinder Rotary Club Annual Golf Tournament

March 9th… Axe Throwing Tournament @ YumYum’s (Oakdale)

March 16th…The Vault (Oberlin) Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners

March 23rd…Allen Parish Libraries 2nd Annual Cornhole Tournament

March 23rd…Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt Oberlin Veteran’s Memorial Park

APRIL

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS 

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

April 4th…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

April 4th…Zerbini Family Circus @ Oberlin Fair Grounds 6pm

April 6th…The Vault (Oberlin) Rusty Metoyer 

April 13th…Good Ole Boys Car Show 

April 19th…The Vault (Oberlin) Jamie Bergeron

April 20th… Lil Piney Park (Elizabeth) Children’s Craft Days

April 20th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Phat Boys Smoke Shack 

April 20th…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Flex

April 20th…Town Of Oberlin Clean Up Day Campaign!

April 23rd… “Kinder Kicks the Can” Clean Up Campaign!

April 24th…Administrative Assistant Day (Kinder Chamber)

April 26th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) DJ Big 360

April 27th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) “Be Your Own DJ” 

April28th – May 4th… Small Business Week

MAY

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am-11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament <

May 2nd…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

May 2nd…National Day of Prayer in Elton/Coushatta Tribe

May 2nd… National Day of Prayer in Kinder

May 2nd…National Day of Prayer in Oberlin

Allen Parish Courthouse (front under trees) 11am – 12 noon

May 2nd…The Rice Bin (Oberlin)T-Shirt Thursday Pool Tournament / Corn Hole

May 3rd – 5th…Sacred Heart Spring Festival

May 3rd…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ DSolomon

May 4th…The Vault (Oberlin) Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners / DJ Mekhanik 

May 4th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin)“May the 4th Be with You” Star Wars/Space Theme Night

May 5th…The Vault (Oberlin) Cinco de Mayo Brunch

May 5th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Cinco de Mayo specials

May 9th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Pool Tournament 6pm

May 11th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Mother’s Day Boozy Bingo

May 15th…Kinder Chamber Member Luncheon 12-1pm @ Roy’s Catfish Hut

May 16th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Pool Tournament 6pm

May 17th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio w/ 26 West

May 18th…Red White Blue & Sauce Piquante Too Car Show

May 23rd…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) School’s Out Luau; Educator Appreciation Night  Doors open @3pm

May 25th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin)Party on the Patio w/ Alphonse Ardoin & the Zydeco Kingz

May 25th…The Vault (Oberlin) Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin’ Cajuns followed by DJ Mekhanik

May 27th…Memorial Day Celebration (Kinder)

May 27th…Memorial Day Workout Challenge (Kinder)

May 30th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Pool Tournament 6pm

JUNE

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament 

June 2nd…St. Joan of Arc Church (Oberlin) BBQ Plate Lunch Sale

June 3rd – 7th… Kinder Bible Church VBS

June 3rd… Life Share Blood Drive (Kinder)

June 6th…The Phlebotomy Academy of APCH (Kinder)

June 7th – 8th…Coushatta POW WOW

June 8th…The Vault (Oberlin) John Luke’s Poker Run 

June 15th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Parish Line LIve!

June 15th…Coushatta Casino Resort “80’s Ladies” Concert 

June 18th…APCH Job Fair

June 22nd…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Frayed Soul 

June 22nd…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Mekhanik

June 23rd…Coushatta Casino Resort “Before I do” Bridal Showcase<

June 23rd…Coushatta Casino Resort Vietnamese Concert

June 27th…Lunch & Learn “Migraines & Headaches”

June 27th…APCH Farmer’s Market (Kinder)

June 29th… OT Booster Bash!

JULY

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

July 15-19th…STEM and Robotics camp 

July 17th…Back to School Supply Giveaway (Oberlin)

July 19th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Kevin Naquin & the Ossun

July 19th…The Vault (Oberlin) Ladies Night Out w/ DJ D Solomon

July 20th…The Vault (Oberlin) Patron Party 

July 20th…Crossroads Festival at Coushatta Casino Resort

July 22-26th…NASA Astro Camp

July 22nd – July 26th…Camp Pearl Kidz Camp

July 25th…Allen Parish Libraries “Rhyme & Ride, Read & Shine”

July 27th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Rosedown Rockers

July 27th…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Lake City Lou

AUGUST

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

Aug 1st…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Aug 2nd…Back to School Party (Oberlin High School)

Aug 3rd…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Kevin Barton 

Aug 3rd…The Vault (Oberlin) Saturday Night Party! DJ Rock 

Aug 4th…Grace Community Church “Blessing of the Backpacks” 

Aug 6th…Teachers Night Out

Aug 6th…Allen Genealogical & Historical Society presents Shera Broussard LaPoint

Aug 9th…Coushatta Casino Warehouse Sale 

Aug 15th…APCH Blood Drive

Aug 16th…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ T-Rob Soileau

Aug 17th…Get MO Repz Skills Camp

Aug 17th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Casey Peveto

Aug 17th…Coushatta Casino Resort presents Jay Leno

Aug 18th…Church of the King Worship Night

Aug 21st…Kinder Chamber Member Luncheon 12-1pm @ Roy’s Catfish Hut

Aug 22nd…APCH Farmer’s Market  (Kinder)

Aug 22nd…APCH Lunch & Learn “Flu, Shingles & Pneumonia Vaccines”

Aug 23rd… KMS “Back to School GLOW DANCE PARTY”

Aug 23rd…The Vault (Oberlin) “Friday Night Party”

Aug 24th…The Vault (Oberlin) Saturday Night Throwback Party  

Aug 28th…Senior Lunch @ Kinder Community Center

Aug 29th…Faith & Football (Kinder) John C. Buck Stadium

Aug 30th…The Vault (Oberlin)    DJ Solomon

Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners

Aug 30th…Allen Parish Jamboree

Aug 31st…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Caroline Smith

Aug 31st…The Vault (Oberlin) “Short Shorts Edition” DJ Battle Cat & DJ Whopp

SEPTEMBER

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

Kinder PTO 3rd Annual Coca-Cola Fundraiser (ends Sept 27th)

Sept 1st…The Rice Bin “Football Game Day”

Sept 5th..Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Sept 5th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) NFL Kick-Off

Sept 6th…The Vault (Oberlin) Friday Ladies Night Party

Sept 7th… Jus’ Crawfish (Kinder) Creole Jam w/ Mark Ardoin

Sept 7th…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Lake City Lou

Sept 7th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Party on the Patio Brian Racca

Sept 10th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Boozy Bingo

Sept 12th – 13th…Oakdale Pentacostals Autumn Rains 2024

Sept 13th…“Give a Wish” Golf Tournament

Sept 14th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Lucas Jagneaux

Sept 15th – 18th…Cirque Du Freak Body Art Grand Opening

Sept 18th…Kinder Chamber Member Luncheon 12-1pm @ Roy’s Catfish Hut

Sept 21st… Tacos & Tequilla @ Coushatta Casino Resort

Sept 21st… Ja Rule@ Coushatta Casino Resort

Sept 21st… FREE Vets Fix Your Credit Seminar (Kinder)

Sept 24th… St. Philip Neri Catholic Charities Food Distribution

Sept 26th…APCH Lunch & Learn  Stroke Symptoms, Heart Attack Symptoms & Fall Prevention

Sept 26th…APCH Farmer’s Market

Sept 28th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Ashton Dupre

Sept 28th…  LSU Game Day / Fun Day @ Vaughn Ford (Oakdale)

Sept 28th – 29th…CM Farms Fall Festival

Sept 29th…Pentecostals of Mittie “Let’s TACO About Prayer”

Sept 29th… BBQ Burger Fundraiser for Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department

OCTOBER

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

Oct 1st… Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market  Price List

Oct 1st…Farmer’s Appreciation Supper (Kinder)

Oct 2nd…The Vault (Oberlin) Service Industry CHILLOUT Night

Oct 3rd…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Oct 3rd…Allen Parish Fire District #4 Bloodmobile/Blood Drive

Oct 3-5th…Fete du Void Festival (Oakdale)

Oct 4th, 5th & 6th…Coushatta Kids Quest Party like a MON-STAR

Oct 4th…KHS Alma Mater Celebration

Oct 5th…The Vault (Oberlin) DJ Flex

Oct 5th…CM Farms Fall Festival

Oct 5th…Race 2 Cure Cancer Walk, Run & Ride    Event Registration Form

Oct 5th…Kick Cancer Dance Clinic by Kinder High School Danceline Event Registration Form

Oct 6th…Ladies Day Cherry Grove Baptist Church

Oct 6th-9th…Gospel Meeting Kinder Church of Christ

Oct 7-Dec 22nd…Grant Christmas Tree Farm

Oct 11th…Twanies Pop-Up Shop

Oct 12th… Coushatta Casino Resort Terri Clark

Oct 12th…Benefit Lunch for Cody Perkins   (Oberlin)

Oct 12th…BLINGO Benefit for Melissa Turner Courville (Oberlin)

Oct 12th…Farmer’s Market (Elton)

Oct 13th…Coushatta Casino Resort Sowela SCCA Autocross Event 7

Oct 14 – 18th…Kinder Homecoming Events

Oct 15th…APCH Blood Drive

Oct 17th…Soul Sisters Meeting

Oct 17th…Oakdale Chamber of Commerce Open Enrollment & Political Candidate Forum

Oct 17th… VA Claims Workshop (Kinder)

Oct 18th…Boys Village Golf Classic

Oct 18-20th…Re-Thunk Junk Flea Market Trail   

Oct 18 – 20th…Fall Petting Farm Times -Halloween Style

Oct 19th…First UPC (Oakdale) Trunk or Treat

Oct 19th…Crawfish Shack (Oberlin) Parish Line

Oct 19th… Eddie & Maxey’s Tribute to Great Legends  (Oberlin @ AP Civic Ctr.)

Oct 19th…YumYum’s DJ Crazy Mandy

Oct 19th…Elizabeth PTO Annual Fall Festival

Oct 19th…Elizabeth PTO Chili Cook-Off  Deadline to Enter:10/11/2024

Oct 19th...Boots & Bling for American Cancer Society

Oct 22nd… Catholic Charities Food Distribution St. Philip Neri Kinder

Oct 23 – 25th… Oberlin Homecoming Events

Oct 24th…Breast Cancer Awareness 

Oct 24th…APCH Farmer’s Market

Oct 25th…Bernie Alan @ Oberlin Homecoming After Party (The Vault)

Oct 25th…Oberlin OT Booster Club 5th Quarter HOCO After Party

Oct 25th…Oberlin High FBLA Black Pot Cook-Off

Oct 25th…Oberlin High FBLA LIVE Perfomances!

Oct 25th…Oberlin High FBLSA Annual Corn Hole Tournament

Oct 25th-26th…The Rice Bin (Oberlin) Homecoming 2024

Oct 26th…Trunks, Trucks and Treasures Gypsyblue Antiques & More

Oct 26th…Hometown Heroes

Oct 26th… Linda S. Brown Walk for a Cure 2024

Oct 26th…Teacups & Pearls Women’s Conference

Oct 26th…Pumpkin Festival with Tractor Pull

Oct 26th…Not-so Spooky Carnival @ CM Farms

Oct 26th…BOO & BOOjee Halloween Themed Benefit Pageant

Oct 27th…Friends & Family Day * Gumbo Cook-Off First UPC (Oakdale)

Oct 31st…Trick or Treat @ St. Frances Nursing Home

Oct 31st…2024 Community Fall Fest

Oct 31st…Indoors Trunk or Treat Pentecostals of Mittie

Oct 31st…Trunk or Treat Trail

Oct 31st… Trick or Treat in the Street (Kinder)

Oct 31St…The Grand Church “Harvest Fest”

Oct 31st…October Fellowship (Oakdale)

Oct 31st… Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Halloween (Elizabeth)

NOVEMBER

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

Nov-Dec 22nd…Grant Christmas Tree Farm

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

Nov 1st…Reeves High School Homecoming

Nov 1st…The Vault (Oberlin) “The Official Oakdale Homecoming After Party” 

Nov 1st…Oakdale Homecoming Class of 1984 Reunion

Nov 1st – 3rd… Friends of St. Frances Cabrini Barrell Race @ Coushatta Pavillion

Nov 2nd… Oakdale Homecoming 2024

Nov 2nd…10th Annual Kinder Pancake Breakfast

Nov 2nd… Yum-Yum’s (Oakdale) Homecoming Parish Line

Nov 2nd…90’s Throw Back Party Class of ’94

Nov 3rd…St. Joan of Arc 36th Annual Church Bazaar

Nov 3rd…Kingsfarm UPC Harvest Festival

Nov 5th… Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market  Price List

Nov 6th – 9th…Allen Parish Fair    Fair Exhibit Book     Fair Grounds Map

Nov 7th…Senior Day @the Allen Parish Fair

Nov 7th-9th… Allen Parish Fair Rodeo

Nov 7th…Annual Sip & Shop Kelly’s Korner

Nov 7th…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Nov 8th…Joy-Bombs Paint Night (Oakdale)

Nov 11th…Kinder Elementary School Honoring All Veterans

Nov 11th… Elizabeth Veteran’s Day Program

Nov 11th…Youth Movie Night Allen Parish Library (All Branches)

Nov 13th-16th…FHS Basketball Tournament

Nov 14th…APCH Lunch & Learn “Diabetes Health & Lung Cancer Awareness”

Nov 14th…APCH Farmer’s Market

Nov 16TH…The Vault (Oberlin) Jeremy Fruge & the Zydeco Hotboyz

Nov 16th…St. Philip Neri Golf Tournament

Nov 16th… 2024 Miss Small Town Christmas Pageant

Nov 17th…2024 Miss Merry Christmas Pageant (Elizabeth)

Nov 20th…Kinder Chamber Member Luncheon 12-1pm @ Roy’s Catfish Hut

Nov 21st…Grateful November Soul Sisters Meeting

Nov 21st…Mourning 2024 St. Philip Neri (Kinder)

Nov 23rd – 24th…Thanksgiving on the Farm @ CM Farms

Nov 23rd…Coushatta Casino Resort John Michael Montgomery

Nov 26th…Thanksgiving Floral Workshop

Nov 28th…APCH Farmer’s Market

Nov 30th…Christmas on the Farm @ CM Farms

DECEMBER

Farmer’s Market Oberlin every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm

CENLA Food Pantry

• Kinder-2nd Friday 9am – 11am
• Oberlin-3rd Wednesday 9am – 12 noon
• Oakdale-2nd Thursday 7am – 10am

Christian United Alliance (Garden of Eden) FREE MEALS

Dec 1st…Christmas on the Farm @ CM Farms

Dec 1-Dec 22nd…Grant Christmas Tree Farm

The Rice Bin…EVERY Thursday Night Pool Tournament

Dec 5th…Kinder Chamber Board Meeting 12-1pm @ Kinder City Hall

Dec 5th – 6th…Holiday Dazzle

Dec 5th- 7th…Jingle Bell Junction (Oakdale)

Dec 7th…Christmas in the Country (Elizabeth)  Vendor/Food Truck Form Rules

Dec 7th…Christmas in the Country Gumbo Cook-Off  Registration Form Rules

Dec 7th…Hometown Holidays  (Kinder)

Dec 9th…KES Christmas Kickoff (Kinder)

Dec 14th… Christmas on Main

Dec 14th… Jingle Bell Walk

Dec 16th… LifeShare Blood Drive

Dec 21st…Christmas in the Park (Oberlin)

Dec 21st… Chili Cook Off (Oberlin Library Parking Lot)

Dec 31st…Yum-Yum’s (Oakdale) New Year’s Parish Line

Event Location

ALLEN PARISH TOURIST COMMISSION
8904 Hwy 165, P O Box 1280
Oberlin LA, 70655