The Louisiana Passion Play, based on the life of Jesus Christ, operates weekends from June to September. The Dixie Jamboree operates each Saturday night, in Ruston, in the tradition of the Louisiana Hayride. The Dixie Theatre provides the Jamboree with comfortable seating and a dance floor for a good foot stompin', soul curin' good time. Lincoln Parish is the home of the Louisiana Peach Festival, the second weekend in June in Ruston, and the Louisiana Chicken Festival, the last weekend in September in Dubach. Three State Parks, with record bass fishing, are within a 21-mile radius of Ruston.
Recreational opportunities abound.
Union Parish , bordered by Arkansas to the north and the scenic Ouachita River to the east, is truly a nature lover's paradise. Also in Bernice are Sweet Onion, the Garland House, the J.W. Heard House, the Bernice Civic Clubhouse and the Alabama Methodist Church, all properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Town of Marion features the Mayhaw Festival and National Register Hopkins House. Open the northern door to Louisiana, and drive the Bienville Trace, Poverty Point Parkway, and Grant's Marsh Scenic Byways along the natural landscape of East Carroll and West Carroll Parishes. Come and experience rich plantation farm systems, Louisiana cotton and Mississippi River delta culture as you drive to prehistoric Poverty Point and historic Grant's March of the Vicksburg Campaign.