BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The second annual Lebanese Festival is happening from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the East Baton Rouge Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd.
St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church holds the festival with food, drinks and activities for kids.
“Traditional Lebanese saj, spinach pies, Lebanese pastries, like baklava and namoura, will satisfy both savory and sweet cravings and Lebanese tea by Serop’s Café, Lebanese coffee, and soft drinks will also be available,” festival chair Sandy Jean said.
“Kids can enjoy tailgating games and face painting,” she said.
Movies about St. Sharbel, as well as Lebanon’s culture and food, will be available in the library.
It will not cost you anything to get into the festival. But you will need to buy tickets main festival table “to purchase food, drinks, and to participate in some activities,” Jean said. You can pay with cash, credit card or via PayPal or Venmo.
You can also get tickets ahead of time online .
Local vendors will have handcrafted items to shop from. If you are interested in being a vendor, go to this website .
Jean said attendees can buy their name written in Arabic on tiles.
Parking is free and available at the Main Library. Bathrooms will be available inside the library.
The Lebanese Festival is one of a few regular annual fundraisers, along with a Memorial Day crawfish boil and an August banquet .
“We host dozens of meals for the community, youth activities and spiritual programs for free throughout the year, and we have a few key fundraisers to pay for them,” said the Rev. Alex Harb, pastor of the church.
SugarFest in West Baton Rouge Parish has sugar cane demonstrations, live music, rum tasting The first Lebanese Festival helped raise money “to help pay for the newly bought property located at 18768 Jefferson Highway, which is now our home church,” Jean said. It took place in the 7400 block of Corporate Boulevard. Serop’s Cafe opened its restaurant and parking lot for the festival.
Beirut was hit by airstrikes from Israel on Friday, Oct. 4.
The event is adjusting to celebrate culture with less exuberant performances and some fundraising proceeds going to help people in Lebanon.
“Given the tragic events taking place in Lebanon, and to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Lebanon, our event, now a fundraiser, will continue as scheduled with the elimination of festive performances such as the live band, loud music and dancing.
We will come together to showcase our beautiful culture through our food, St Sharbel’s miracles and Lebanon’s exhibits, local vendors and the children’s activities. Some of the proceeds of the fundraiser will be directed to supporting the people of Lebanon and raising funds for the Caritas Catholic Charity of Lebanon.
A candlelight vigil will be held at 6:30. We encourage the community to join us as we showcase our heritage, light a candle, and raise funds for humanitarian aid.”
Statement from the St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church Fundraiser Committee
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