2013 Calendar of Events
February
Feb 9 FOGI Island Spirits Night, Wine
Tasting & Mardi Gras Party, YUMS at 7:30 p.m.
Feb 10 Independent Mardi Gras Parade Sunday,
Grand Isle, Louisiana Highway 1
March
March 9 GICDT 5K Run, Grand Isle Community
Center
March 9 -FOGI Island Spirits Night, Cocktail
Contest, Bridge Side Marina at 7:30 p.m.
March 31 Easter Sunrise Service @ Arties
Sports Bar on the deck at 7:30 a.m. hosted by Grand Isle
Community Development Team
April
April 1522 Juried Art Exhibition Grand
Isle Day & Night a Study in Black & White, GI Library
April 19, 20 & 21 Grand Isle Migratory Bird
Celebration, Grand Isle School
April 20 Historical Home Tours, Grand Isle
School
May
May 3, 4 & 5 Serenity by the Sea Retreat,
Grand Isle School
May 4 2nd Annual Cruising the Beach Car Show,
Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion
May 17 & 18 Stan Brock Black and Gold Classic
Blast and Cast, Bridge Side Marina
May 25 Island Wide Garage Sale
May 24, 25, & 26 Grand Isle Speckled Trout
Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
May 30, 31 & June 1 New Orleans Electrical
Association Rodeo, Sand Dollar Marina
June
June 1 Miss Grand Isle Pageant Volleyball
Tournament, Beach behind Arties Sports Bar
June 1 OMSA Annual Cajun Tropic Fishing Rodeo
(Invitational), Bridge Side Marina
June 6, 7 & 8 Swollfest Fishing Rodeo, Sand
Dollar Marina
June 6, 7 & 8 Cut Off Fishing Club Public
Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
June 20, 21 & 22 ABC Dental Fishing Rodeo,
Sand Dollar Marina
June 21 & 22 Creole Classic Fishing
Tournament, Bridge Side Marina
June 29 ED White Fishing Rodeo, Bridge Side
Marina
July
July 6 Annual Fireworks and Band, Bridge
Side Marina
July 11, 12 & 13 Louisiana Dental Association
(LDA) Fishing Rodeo, Sand Dollar Marina
July 13 Color the Island 5K Run, Bridge Side
Marina
July 20 South Lafourche Cheerleading Fishing
Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
July 25, 26 & 27 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo,
Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion
August
August 2, 3 & 4 Big Game Vintage Fishing
Rodeo, Sand Dollar Marina
August 3 Mike Bourgeois Big Daddy Memorial
Rodeo Saturday, Bridge Side Marina
August 8, 9 & 10 D. Jeansonne Invitational
Boondoggle Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
August 16 Calmwater Film Festival, Bridge
Side Marina, 8:00 p.m.
August 17 Ride the Bull Kayak Fishing Rodeo,
Bridge Side Marina
August 24 IFA Redfish Tour, Bridge Side
Marina
August 30, 31 & Sept 1 Grand Isle Original
Redfish Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
September
September 27, 28 & 29 Caminada Redfish Rodeo, Sand Dollar Marina
October
October 11 & 12 Ladies Fishing Rodeo, Bridge Side Marina
December
December 2 13th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Program, Grand Isle Community Center
Dates are subject to change. Other events will be added as soon as dates are confirmed.
For more information, please contact the Grand Isle Tourist Commission at:
985-787-2997 or email to:
[email protected]
Grand Isle Info & Comm Center 985-787-2997