2025 Festival Announcement

BOUCHERIE AND BALLOON FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 17-19, 2025 | SORRENTO, LA

The Boucherie and Balloon Festival will be held on the third weekend in
October. Join us for a weekend filled with jambalaya and cracklin cookoffs,
hot air balloons, live music, food and craft vendors, and fun for the kids.

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updates and information.

• The Louisiana Lions Camp is a statewide
  project run by Louisiana Lions Clubs. This
  summer camp is provided free for children with
  respiratory disorders, special needs, juvenile
  diabetes, and childhood cancer. Qualifying
  children are sponsored by their local Lions
  Club.

• Lions Clubs International is a service
  organization that aims to improve
  communities and support those in need. Key
  programs the Sorrento Lions Club focuses on
  include sight conservation, hearing and speech
  conservations, diabetes awareness, and youth
  outreach.

Lions Club International

• The Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation serves
  thousands of residents each year through eye
  exams, eyeglasses, surgeries, low vision services,
  eyeglass recycling and vision screenings. One of
  the chief programs of the Louisiana Lions Eye
  Foundation is Cubsight, where tens of
  thousands of pre-school aged children are
  screened every year.

Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation

Our Charitable Causes

Louisiana Lions Camp

• A boucherie is a gathering where all
  things pig are cooked, which is exactly
  what you can expect to find at the
  Boucherie and Balloon Festival. We
  host cracklin and jambalaya cooking
  competitions all weekend, where
  festival attendees can watch as the
  cooks work their magic and then try it
  at the food tent after it’s been judged.
• 
  
• There’s also a cochon de lait, or a pig
  roast, that is cooked and served over
  an open fire each day of the festival.
  This is a long-standing Boucherie
  Festival tradition you don’t want to
  miss.
• 
  
• The Boucherie Festival Association
  (BFA) works the food tent where they
  sell the competition food, but also
  other pork items like hog head
  cheese, pulled pork sandwiches and
  boudin links. You can also find
  festival t-shirts, lapel pins, and the
  annual poster at the BFA tent.

• Other food options are available and
  vary annually. You will find craft and
  food vendors lining the entry to the
  festival, as well as local sponsors, so
  please consider supporting these
  hard-working individuals on your way
  in and out of the festival.
• 
  
• Another thing you will see upon
  arrival to the festival are the hot air
  balloons! The balloon glows in the
  evenings are an event you don’t want
  to miss, and doing a tethered hot air
  balloon ride is a bucket list item you
  can check off right here in Sorrento.
• 
  
• Our roots are here in South Louisiana,
  so it’s only right to host local
  musicians who’s music ranges from
  swamp pop to country.
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• While festival admission is free, the
  Boucherie and Balloon festival is the
  primary fundraiser for the Sorrento
  Lions Club, so donations are always
  accepted at the entry and the BFA
  tent.

Sorrento Lions

Club Mission

• Our mission includes serving our community and beyond by providing
  voluntary services and raising funds for humanitarian activities. The
  Boucherie and Balloon festival is our primary fundraiser to support the
  Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation and the Louisiana Lions Camp. This event
  provides resources which allow us to supply glasses and hearing aids to
  those in need in our community, as well as to send children with respiratory
  disorders, special needs, juvenile diabetes, and childhood cancer to camp
  during the summer. Through the support of our community and generous
  sponsors, we have been able to keep the legacy of the Boucherie and
  Balloon Festival alive while fulfilling its purpose of helping others in need.