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🤠 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! 🤠🎶
📍 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! 🤠🎶
Date & Time
November 6, 2026
Additional Dates
This event also occurs on:
11/07/2026, 11/08/2026
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