For Immediate Release

NOTE: Events are ongoing as of email release date. Please check our web calendar for up to date changes.

Aug. 1 - Bird on the Bayou Sidewalk Sunday - First Sunday of the month except Easter Sunday. The antique and crafts market will have vendors set up outside the store with their crafts and items. Bird on the Bayou, 120 E. Main St., New Iberia, 12:30-4:30 p.m., (337) 339-2826, Facebook

Aug. 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31 - Teche Area Farmers Market - Experience a harvest of delicious homegrown produce and homemade products by area farmers, artists and crafters. Also included are handmade cypress yard objects, homemade bread and fresh baked goods, ceramics, honey, jellies, jams, herbs, candies, handcrafted wooden bowls and utensils, birdhouses, garden benches and much more. The market is held every Saturday morning from 7-11 a.m. and Tuesday afternoon from 2-6 p.m. Bouligny Plaza, 102 W. Main St., New Iberia, (337) 369-2330, Website, Facebook

Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25 - GLC Farmers Market - Every Wednesday. Local farmers selling produce, plants, honey, homemade pies and other items grown locally. Grass-fed beef, pork and lamb are also available at the meat market during this time. GLC Meat Market, 6110 Loreauville Rd., New Iberia, 2-6 p.m., (337) 577-9160, Website, Facebook

Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26 - La Table Francaise (French Table) - Every Thursday. Celebrate our Cajun culture and improve your French speaking skills regardless of your level of French. Additionally, enjoy conversations with francophones and francophiles who visit New Iberia from all over the world as well as students in the French Immersion setting at North Lewis Elementary. Vive le français! Victor's Cafeteria, 109 W. Main St., 8:30-9:30 a.m., (337) 380-7420.

Aug. 7 - Delcambre Seafood and Farmers Market - First Saturday of the month from February to December except July. Enjoy what's fresh for the season from area farms and local waters, along with tasting opportunities and recipes, live music, kids activities and other special events at Bayou Carlin Cove Boat Landing and Pavilion. Bayou Carlin Cove Boat Landing & Pavilion, 605 S. Railroad St., Delcambre, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., (800) 884-6120, Website, Facebook

Aug. 7 - Purple Heart Day & POW-MIA Ceremony - A celebration honoring soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and made it home with flag ceremony and harmony of patriotic music. Bouligny Plaza, 102 W. Main St., New Iberia, 6-8 p.m., (337) 367-0308

Aug. 9 - "Driving While Black" Book Club - Book Club Zoom discussion of Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights. Join the Bayou Teche Museum, in partnership with The Iberia African American Historical Society and Shadows-on-the-Teche and explore some of the segregated nation's safe havens and notorious "sundown towns." Witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph. Zoom, 6 p.m., (337) 606-5977, Website, Facebook

Aug. 11 - Grammy Winner Guitar Unveiling - Grammy winner and acclaimed bass guitarist Wayne "Blue" Burns will donate his bass guitar to the Jeanerette Museum. Jeanerette Museum, 500 E. Main St., Jeanerette, 11 a.m.- noon, (337) 579-1073, Website, Facebook

Aug. 14 - Envision da Berry Flea Market - Envision da Berry hosts a monthly flea market featuring everything from gently used household items to local art. All proceeds benefit the annual Brown Sugar Music Festival. Da Berry Fresh Market, 520 S. Hopkins, New Iberia, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., (615) 717-5706, Website, Facebook

Aug. 14 - Market At Ramada - Back to school market with vendors and giveaways. Your child can visit with Marshall the Fire Dog from Paw Patrol. Play "Kids Bingo" for $5 per child for a chance to win awesome prizes. Ramada Conference Center, 2915 Hwy. 14, New Iberia, 1-5 p.m., (337) 376-6211, Facebook

Aug. 17 - James Lee Burke Book Release - The release day of James Lee Burke's new novel Another Kind Of Eden at Books Along the Teche where autographed copies will be available for purchase (currently available for preorder). James Lee Burke will not be in attendance. Books Along the Teche, 106 E. Main St., New Iberia, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., (337) 367-7621, Website, Facebook

Aug. 18 - Les Cadiens du Teche Cajun Dance - Every third Wednesday of the month. Les Cadiens du Teche (Cajun French Music Association) dance to Cajun music with a meal, door prizes, cake walk, 50/50 and camaraderie, at their monthly public meeting. La Louisiane Banquet Hall, 5509 Hwy. 14, New Iberia, 7-9:30 p.m., (337) 258-1876, Facebook

Aug. 18 - 22 - Delcambre Shrimp Festival - Held on the third weekend of August (Wed-Sun), the Delcambre Shrimp Festival honors the shrimping industry with events including a shrimp cook-off, queens' pageants, fais-do-do's, carnival rides, boat parade, food court and much more. Delcambre Shrimp Festival Grounds, 411 S. Richard St., Delcambre, (337) 685-2653, Website, Facebook

Aug. 19 - 22 - IPAL Presents, "Return of the Music Man" - Live theatre production, concessions. Essanee Theatre, 126 Iberia St., New Iberia, (337) 364-6114, Website, Facebook

Aug. 21 - "The Green Book" Screening - Screening of The Green Book, the Academy Award winning motion picture. The Grand Theater, 1000 Parkview Dr., New Iberia, 6-8 p.m., (337) 606-5977, Website, Facebook

Aug. 28 - "The Negro Motorist Green Book" Screening & Discussion - Presentation of The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Smithsonian documentary, followed by a moderated panel discussion including New Iberia's actual Green Book sites. This program was designed to coincide with the anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. Sliman Theater, 129 E. Main St., New Iberia, 2-4:30 p.m., (337) 606-5977, Website, Facebook