Sabine Freestate Festival in Florien

🤠 46th Annual Sabine Freestate Festival — November 6–8, 2026!

📍 Florien, Louisiana

Celebrate history, heritage, and community with three days of Old West fun! Enjoy staged shootouts, live music, family activities, the No Man’s Land BBQ Championship, and more!

⭐ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6

• 8:00 AM — Veterans Breakfast
• 9:00 AM — Education Day and Veterans Program, featuring a guest speaker from American Warrior Initiative
• 12:00 PM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher
• 4:00 PM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher
• 5:30 PM — No Man’s Land BBQ Head Cooks Meeting at the Train Depot
• 6:00 PM — Shootout #1 and Clue #6
• 6:30 PM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher
• 7:00 PM — Freestate Bingo at the FHS Old Gym and Block Party Dance
• 11:00 PM — Festival grounds close

⭐ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7

• 10:00 AM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher
• 11:00 AM — Parade

Immediately following the parade: Announcing of Queens, posting of colors by Sabine Rifles Camp, Clue #7, Toledo Cruisers Car Show, Shootout #2, and the 5th Annual Ben D. Peterson Memorial Trail Ride.

• 1:00 PM — The Wonderdog Show
• 1:30 PM — Studio B Dance Company at the FHS Auditorium
• 1:45 PM — Skeet Shoot Tournament
• 2:00 PM — Car Show Awards and Clue #8
• 2:30 PM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher
• 3:15 PM — The Wonderdog Show
• 3:30 PM — Acoustic Jam Session with the Stewart Family
• 4:30 PM — Shootout #3 and Clue #9
• 5:00 PM — Bad Bob the Bone Butcher and No Man’s Land BBQ Champions Announcement
• 5:30 PM — Calf Dummy Roping at Freestate Stockyards
• 6:15 PM — Mutton Bustin’ at Freestate Stockyards
• 7:00 PM — Shane Pons Band
• 9:00 PM — Cypress Royale
• 11:00 PM — Festival grounds close

🎯 SATURDAY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Roller car rides, laser tag, championship minnow racing, putt-putt golf, historical demonstrations, Chuckwagon Will Travel, and LA Mechanical Bulls!

⭐ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8

• 10:30 AM — Gospel Singing
• 11:00 AM — Community Church Service
• 1:00 PM — Shootout #4 and Clue #10
• 6:00 PM — Movie Night, details TBA

🔥 BBQ COMPETITORS: The No Man’s Land BBQ Cook-Off entry deadline is November 5.

Bring the family and make a weekend of it in Florien! 🤠🎶