What to Bring/Wear
Wear comfortable walking shoes and comfortable clothes. The grounds are either concrete slabs, caliche and rock or grass
so wear comfortable shoes that you can dance in.
The weather for the fourth Saturday in September is sometimes cool and sometimes warm. Remember, you'll be outside most
of the time. People wear short-sleeved shirts/blouses and pants/skirts. A nice T-shirt and shorts is great wear.
There is plenty of shade, but there is also plenty of sun. A cap or visor is a good idea. Some people bring umbrellas.
Sunscreen may also be a good idea.
There are plenty of places to sit in chairs around tables, picnic tables, or bleachers, but sometimes the popular places
run out of seats. You are welcome to bring a camp chair that you can fold up and carry in a bag slung over your shoulder.
It is against state law and Cajun Festival rules to bring alcohol of any kind onto the grounds. Any alcohol will be confiscated and you will be asked to leave the premises.
We do not allow glass containers as they may break on the gravel and rocks on the festival grounds.
Please do not bring ice chests or your own food or drinks. We have plenty of food and drinks available. If you bring an
ice chest, food, or drink, we will ask you to take it back to your car.
Please do not wear anything overly provocative. This is a family affair and a shirt and shoes event. No swimsuits,
please. No pants or shorts that display your underwear.
No skateboards, two-wheel scooters, roller skates or roller blades. This is not the place for them as there is no place
for them to be used.
We have a large parking lot next to the festival. We have volunteers to assist patrons in that parking lot.
We have satellite parking lots nearby. We have a free shuttle bus service that will take you from the satellite parking lot to the festival main gate. The shuttle buses start before the festival and will keep running until everyone is gone from
the festival grounds.
There will be Cajun Festival Parking signs around the area. The newest and largest satellite parking lot is just east of FM 1283 on Park Road 37. The other satellite parking lot is at the Lakehills United Methodist Church
on 8th Street.
Please lock your car. We are not responsible for damage, ect. to your car; however we have had no trouble in the past and
expect none in the future.
We have a handicap parking lot, but sometimes it fills up. What many people do is drop by the main gate first and let
out the passengers and then one person takes the car to one of the parking lots.
While pets are not permitted, service animals are welcome.
Also, just because it is raining where you are, doesn't mean it's raining here. In 2004, the weather people told everyone
we were in flash flood conditions and it was going to rain all over the place. It did rain some in San Antonio. It didn't
rain in Lakehills. It looked like it a couple of times, but we never received sky moisture.
Then in 2005, Hurricane Rita was supposed to come ashore around Corpus Christi and the Thursday night forecast for the
Lakehills area said Saturday will be windy with afternoon showers developing with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the
upper 60s. The rain chance was 30%. The wind was to be in the 20-25 mph range.
But the hurricane's landfall shifted further east and there was no rain Saturday, little wind, and lots and lots of
heat.
In 2006, rain threatened in the evening and we believe some people didn't come because of the threat. But it didn't rain
in 2006 at all. If it rains in San Antonio, it doesn't mean that it's raining in Lakehills.
If you are worried about the weather in 2009, call us at (830)751-9904. That's the phone number at the civic center.
We feel our prices are lower than most festivals.
You may buy as many or as few tickets as you like; however, Tickets are not refundable.
We will NOT have an ATM machine. However, there is an ATM machine at the bank next to the Lakehills Ice House. The
Lakehills Ice House is just south on FM 1283. Assuming you come on Park Road 37, you will cross FM 1283. You'll go south
about 0.1 miles on FM 1283 and the ice house will be there on the right.
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