Red River Revel, Inc. is excited to announce the dates of their signature events for the 2025 calendar year. The dedicated Red River Revel team works throughout the year to curate and program events in Festival Plaza that cater to a wide variety of interests, ensuring there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Whether you are an art aficionado, a music lover, a wine connoisseur, a champion of local businesses and farmers, or simply someone who enjoys a good time, the Red River Revel’s signature events offer unique and unforgettable experiences for all.
27th Annual Wayne Curtis Objets D’Art Fundraiser
Friday, February 14, 2025 / 6 – 9 pm , The Supper Club, Shreveport, Louisiana
The Objets D’Art Fundraiser was championed by the late Wayne Curtis and is named in his honor. Raising money for the pool of artist jury awards at the annual Red River Revel Arts Festival, Objets D’Art is an intimate and delightful event for those looking for a special Valentine’s Day dinner experience. Guests can expect a finely crafted catered menu and fully stocked bar, where packages of visual art by Revel artists are on display for selection. Each ticket grants admission for two guests and one art selection. Guests will drop their ticket with the host, who will draw the names at random and allow the selected guest to choose from any of the available art packages. Once all guests have drawn, any remaining packages will be redrawn from the entire pool of attendees. Each couple is guaranteed an art package worth a minimum of $100, tickets go on sale the first week of January.
CORK #19: A Red River Revel Fundraiser
Saturday, April 5, 2025 / 2 – 5 pm , Festival Plaza, Shreveport, Louisiana
CORK was created in 2005 as a fundraising event benefiting the Red River Revel Arts Festival. The annual event attracts over 1,350 wine enthusiasts and revelers to Festival Plaza for an afternoon of wine, music, art, food, and fun with the star of the event being the wine. The event features multiple wine booths pouring 90+ quality wine varieties from a carefully curated list including reds, whites, sparkling, sweets, and rosés. In addition to the wine tastings, guests will enjoy bite-size food portions from local restaurateurs, live music, a chance to win raffle items, and a Thrifty Liquor special pop-up store to purchase bottles of their favorite wine tastings. CORK #19 returns to Festival Plaza on Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm. Tickets to CORK #19 are $100.00 each and are on sale now at https://redriverrevel.ticketspice.com/cork-no-19. (Guests must be 21 or older)
Shreveport Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, May 31 – August 23, 2025 / 7:30 am – 12:30 pm , Festival Plaza, Shreveport, Louisiana
The award-winning Shreveport Farmers’ Market returns for the 39th consecutive summer season with bountiful weekly markets starting May 31st through August 23rd from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Saturday at Festival Plaza. The Shreveport Farmers’ Market has over 75 vendors that sell a variety of homegrown and homemade items such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, plants, honey, breads, jams, jellies, pastries, candies, pickles, cheeses, shrimp, various canned goods, seasonings, sauces, and meats. In addition to the variety of foods, there will be local artisans with handcrafted items such as art, jewelry, crafts, candles, soaps, and dog treats. Prepared breakfast and lunch meals will be available for purchase and consumption. The Shreveport Farmers’ Market is the only USDA-Approved farmers’ market in the Shreveport-Bossier community, which allows shoppers with a Louisiana Purchase (SNAP) card to utilize their benefits for fresh and nutritious local produce, in addition to receiving a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $20 in purchases at the Shreveport Farmers’ Market from our partners Louisiana Healthcare Connections and Greaux the Good. Through these partnerships, the Red River Revel helps boost the local economy by supporting local farmers, ranchers, and artisans. The Shreveport Farmers’ Market is free to attend.
49th Annual Red River Revel Arts Festival
Thursday, September 25 – Sunday, September 28, 2025, and Thursday, October 2 – Sunday, October 5, 2025, Festival Plaza
Since 1976, the Red River Revel has brought the highest quality in visual and performing arts through its annual Red River Revel Arts Festival. This “Celebration of the Arts” will feature a new format in 2025, focusing on two consecutive weekends. The first weekend opens at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 25th and continues daily through Sunday, September 28th. Closing Monday through Wednesday, the festival will reopen at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 2nd and close out its second weekend on Sunday evening, October 5th.
The annual arts festival encompasses quality in visual and performing arts, seminars, workshops, children’s arts education, and a variety of creative experiences. In addition, the Red River Revel partners with local nonprofits that offer food options to raise funds by showcasing the unique blend of culturally inspired flavors of the area and beyond. Each year during the festival, thousands of area 4th grade students spend the school day at the Red River Revel learning about and participating in arts education programs. Local, regional, and national musical acts perform on four stages during the event. Approximately 60,000 visitors from all over the country visit the Red River Revel Arts Festival each year to celebrate art, music, food, and family fun!
“It is with great pride that we begin to plan another chapter in the great history of the Red River Revel,” said Logan Lewis, Executive Director of the Red River Revel. “This organization has shown that it has lasting power while also being able to adapt itself to the needs of the citizens of the region. It is an honor to play a key role in arts education initiatives for our area youth, provide economic opportunities for hundreds of artists, performers, farmers, restaurateurs, contractors, vendors, & nonprofits, and to improve quality of life for the community. Great care and thought are put into these initiatives by an amazing team of people, and we believe that effort will be fully realized in 2025 by our neighbors and friends across the region.”
For more information, please visit https://redriverrevel.com or follow the Revel on Facebook and Instagram at @RedRiverRevel.
