39th Annual Texas Rice Festival
October 1 - 5, 2008

BBQ Cook Off Weekend
Sept. 26 - 27, 2008

The Texas Rice Festival is an annual harvest celebration held the first weekend of October honoring rice farming, which is a major economic activity in the Southeast Texas region around the town of Winnie. The first Texas Rice Festival was held in downtown Winnie in 1969. The festival is now a week-long event held in Winnie-Stowell Park.

The festival includes a carnival, parades, livestock show, open horse show, BBQ cook off, nightly street dances, antique car show, cooking contest, pageants, karaoke, and features food...made with rice and full of the flavors of the Cajun culture that is so strong in the area. Typical fare includes rice balls, gumbo, ettouffe, pistolettes, blooming onions, crab balls, boudain balls, funnel cakes and many other delicacies. The event is renowned for its outstanding cuisine.

Visit the official Texas Rice Festival website