Lagniappe

LA64, a new, original Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) travel series that features all 64 parishes across Louisiana, visits Ouachita Parish for filming of Season 2.

Join the members of the Strauss Theatre Center as they put on a magical performance of Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School of Magic and Magic.

The 2026 Brown Bag Concert Series returns for the month of October with four live concerts.

Presented by the Kiroli Foundation, the Northeast Louisiana Celtic Festival returns to West Monroe at Lazarre Park, beginning at 10 a.m. this Saturday, October 3rd.

Join the River Cities Humane Society for Cats for their annual 'Tails at Twilight' fundraiser on Saturday, October 10th.

The Ouachita River Blues Society Blue Challenge will feature local bands and solo/duo acts competing for a chance to advance to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

Ouachita Live hosts concert in conjunction with Pie Baking Contest and Celtic Festival Spirits & Whiskey Tasting.

Fall Book Fair hosted by Monroe Symphony League comes back in October for four days.

The St. Francis Foundation will be holding a raffle for two cars until Midnight on September 25, 2026.

The City of Monroe to gather for a ceremony in remembrance of 9/11 on Friday, September 11, 2026.