https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/bunkie-open-house monthly 0.5 2023-09-06 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/bunkie-trade-days monthly 0.5 2023-09-06 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/w6vwh4ie7staoyq1bj8xmjxwahjtie monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/87fa4ead-cc45-4b48-86ad-7872e54580f1/Bunkie+Christmas+Tree+Lighting+%281%29.png Events - Bunkie City Tree Lighting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/bunkie-christmas-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/f65e4f38-f9e3-4a11-bfde-822ee0c0f884/2022+Christmas+Open+House+%283+%C3%97+2+in%29+%281%29.png Events - Bunkie Christmas Open House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/tan28m6pk12skqspyq7dsoi5lx74g7 monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/dd9fbcfa-a6c7-4ad3-8d51-2fe41f25226b/Orange+Ilustrated+Halloween+Party+Poster+%283+%C3%97+2+in%29.png Events - Halloween at the Haas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/2022-bunkie-trade-days monthly 0.5 2022-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/565f5fe6-7aff-42cc-82de-977ab220e68a/image-asset.png Events - 2022 Bunkie Trade Days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/project-three-3gwnb monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/project-one-9szhz monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/corn-festival-june-9-11 monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/project-four-a5zya monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events/mardi-gras-parade monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events-one daily 0.75 2023-01-04 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events-one/louisiana-corn-festival-pageant monthly 0.5 2023-01-04 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/events-one/event-four-2bf8n monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/66e33078-b7ac-4575-87ba-14306875f0c4/272749740_3030214407293367_1438329263269622114_n.jpeg Home - Louisiana Corn Festival Winner of the 2017 Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR. Louisiana Corn Festival has been held the 2nd full weekend of June since 1986. Carnival for the kids and late music and good times for the grown-ups! We promise you’ll have a corn shuckin’ good time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/20fce10c-a46a-425b-a25c-f4d4d01061f1/22447_323534942066_6505596_n.jpeg Home - Bunkie Living Small city living in the middle of Louisiana located on Highway 71 the old Jefferson Highway. Are you looking for a town with affordable housing, resources for growing a business, schools on the up-swing and lots of community involvement? Bunkie is still a town where kids can walk to school or bike to ballparks and the entire community comes together for parades, fairs, and Friday Night Lights. Bunkie Chamber of Commerce is here help you grow your business or start a new one in a town you can call home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1747f799-6174-4b57-a9b5-161079f290b4/images.jpeg Home - Economic Development The Bunkie Chamber of Commerce is ready to work with businesses to help build a successful startup plan. Our economic development industrial park in Bunkie is ready for development with incentives and training grants to draw in new industry. Tax credit incentive programs, such as Work Opportunity Tax Credit Zones, has helped business grow with low-cost skilled labor. Bunkie is good for business development due to the following: little union activity, easy permitting, competitive below-average wage, and government support from local, state, and federal agencies for infrastructure to support startups with business development grants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/4ad32f11-e201-4e56-bc8c-09204528dbc3/193694158_10160933255272067_1288700926348209084_n.jpeg Home - Tourism Just off I-49, Bunkie is the gateway to colorful, Avoyelles Parish, settled by Creole French in 1807and still home to the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe . “12 Years a Slave” (now a major motion picture) centered on slave life on plantations that once line Bayou Beouf and now marked by the Solomon Northup Historic Trail. RV enthusiasts flock to Gator Grounds Resort year round. Bunkie honors the history of our veterans service and sacrifice at Bunkie Veterans Memorial. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/about daily 0.75 2023-01-04 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/bunkie-living daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1645809375053-M7YVN7MU4DX3LI7JF508/118760904_2671714079749095_3116941437814763539_n.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1645810622889-0T2ZSVBZNDHQ83DOL7XD/194885023_10160959315977067_5943182585247648021_n.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1645810685003-R4C1M66S65XRRWXDWTXZ/196339.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1645810780462-W49R34807PHYTB3N5SXK/196337.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1662555775751-ANGWNTY94NQFF6E6NLU0/Kristen+CFMC.jpg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/7cf77c2b-6b51-4281-8c13-7655426ef509/IMG_3364.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/2652855b-2b3e-44c7-b846-0ae5ff66b87b/IMG_3363.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/59d6d0af-7b9b-4fc1-b376-728e0cc1d6e1/IMG_3369.jpeg Bunkie Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/de655b53-a744-467c-9705-378c411de713/195213688_10160940796782067_2223060852672611655_n.jpeg Bunkie Living - Bunkie currently has 2 Little Free Libraries! You can find them in the following locations: 110 NW Main St, Bunkie, LA 71322 1103 Dr McConnell Blvd, Bunkie, LA 71322 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/d300f3da-cf45-4b3f-bba5-cbea183e9bef/117811575_10160058360917067_6343701340542030311_n.jpeg Bunkie Living - What is a Little Free Library? Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization that inspires a love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world. Through Little Free Library book exchanges, millions of books are exchanged each year, profoundly increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/economic-development daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://www.bunkiechamber.org/tourism daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/a087fc85-84db-4cf8-847d-de4cacf78b59/vet+memo.jpeg Tourism - Veteran’s Monument “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” ―G.K. Chesterton The Bunkie Veteran's Memorial was dedicated to the veterans of Bunkie and the surrounding areas in front of a large crowd on July 4, 2001. The Veteran's Memorial is located next to the historic Bunkie train depot, which is now home to the Bunkie Chamber of Commerce. Names are still being added to the monument on a yearly basis. If you would like to have your Veteran's names added to the monument, please click the link below to obtain the form and return it, along with the $100 fee to the Bunkie Chamber of Commerce office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/cfd66d74-f84b-49e0-affc-696835b75240/IMG_0059.jpeg Tourism - Jefferson Highway Named after U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, completed on February 4, 1926 the “Pine to Palm” route was one of the first intercontinental highways. The Jefferson Highway extends 2,194 miles from Winnipeg, Canada through Bunkie (current Shirley Rd and Hwy 71) ending in New Orleans at St. Charles Ave. & Common St. There are a few notable sites in Bunkie along the Highway such as The Bunkie Depot 110 NW Main St Griffin’s Antiques 228 SW Main St Merchant & Planters Bank (Cottonport Bank) 122 SW Main St Bunkie Wood Products 1156 SW Main St The Bailey Hotel 200 W Magnolia St Coca-Cola Plant 608 SW Main St Bowie Knife Location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/4655930f-1258-48c1-be2d-3af69c327d76/img_20190815_095245.jpg.jpeg Tourism - Gator Grounds At Gator Grounds we strive to present our customers with a fun, family friendly, and activity filled camping stay. Our park is open to our campers, their campsite visitors, and park members; with our golf course being open to the general public. Address: 200 Golf Course Road Bunkie, LA 71322 Phone: (318) 295-4030 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/75da623c-8a29-4425-a90e-3065c4aad33a/northup+trail.jpg Tourism - Northup Trail The 83-mile Northup Trail tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born African American farmer and professional violinist from New York. In 1841, he was offered a traveling musician’s job and was convinced to travel to Washington D.C., where slavery was legal. While there, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Northup and other slaves were shipped to New Orleans by sea. During the voyage, Northup persuaded an English sailor to send Henry Northup a letter that told of his kidnapping. Henry Northup, a lawyer, was the son of the man who had once held Solomon’s father as a slave and freed him. Henry Northup wanted to help, but needed to know where Solomon was. In New Orleans, Northup was given the name “Platt” and eventually arrived in Central Louisiana where he remained a slave from 1841-1853. The Northup Trail follows his journey and visits sites such as the Red River Landing in Alexandria, where Northup and three other slaves disembarked the steamer Rodolf after being sold in New Orleans and the Epps House ( on the LSU-A campus), where he met and confided in a Canadian-born carpenter Samuel Bass. Bass is credited with writing several letters on Northup’s behalf to friends and officials in New York in hopes of finding help. Bass was in great danger by helping Northup send letters telling of his plight in Louisiana. Finally, Bass’s letters reached two storekeepers in New York who knew Northup. They contacted his wife who contacted Henry Northup. This chain of events set the process in motion to free Northup. In early 1853, attorney Henry Northup arrived in Marksville, enlisted the help of local attorney John P. Waddill. The attorneys and the sheriff went to the Epps Plantation on Bayou Boeuf to find Northup. On January 4, 1853 at the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse in Marksville (another site on the trail), papers were signed and Northup was at last a free man again. Upon his return to New York, Northup chronicled his life as a slave in his memoirs, Twelve Years a Slave, which was made into a movie of the same name that won the Best Picture Oscar in 2013. Twenty-two signs mark the stops of the Northup Trail, which starts in Alexandria and then goes to Louisiana State University at Alexandria, Bunkie, Evergreen, before ending in Marksville. https://www.bunkiechamber.org/corn-festival daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/1645722544622-UDN3ZB0567HZTQBL08S6/CornFestCrafts.jpeg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/fedece77-6d23-4a7c-a09e-ff0f84d82165/486416990_1222429846551245_5002249377603259950_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/8086bffa-ed6c-4c9e-9005-89bd02334999/486137381_1222432906550939_5996386686824917697_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/bf38409b-8970-485d-bfbc-f3f52476b597/60232426_2896323273718606_5717218193919967232_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/3e9824e4-ffd4-4063-b0df-6ac743d5e845/283375937_557718699046591_191786808764879019_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/0d9a0a7e-4825-4b89-a99b-df8b273fdd57/623078088_122196207020571209_27120253241646403_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/7e93e36c-62bf-4f5c-8249-3e3cdd1e2a53/195620701_347432363411865_5177329398671853725_n.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/d262fccf-2c8f-4187-93b9-2f3676cadc49/DSC_0270+%281%29.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/4c87e202-85ba-4a6e-a1a1-e70b6630cc49/CornFestLogo.jpeg Louisiana Corn Festival - The 38th Annual Louisiana Corn Festival June 11, 12, & 13, 2026 The Louisiana Corn Festival is held every year the second full weekend in June. The festival and slogan “Aw Shucks” originated in 1986 and still is the only corn festival in the state of Louisiana. The name Louisiana Corn Festival was given to honor the impact that agriculture has on our economy and a Corn Farmer is honored each year. This festival has something for all ages. There is music every night with live bands Friday and Saturday night with a street dance, games, contests, corn cooking contest, children's parade, pirogue races, corn shucking contest and corn eating contest! We also host a state wide softball tournament. With thousands of visitors each year our family friendly atmosphere makes the Louisiana Corn Festival an annual event to attend for families across our great state of Louisiana! All proceeds of the festival are put back into the community, festival grounds, and projects throughout the city. So follow the rows of corn down to Bunkie, where you are sure to have a corn shucking good time!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/5d749e6a-6913-4b1f-83bf-486eb7d1be97/_DSC5300-2.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival - Softball Tournament PLAY BALL! at the Louisiana Corn Festival Annual Softball Tournament. Registration open thru May 31. Co-ed teams of at least 6 men & 4 women (high school age or older) Slow pitch $30 per player Games start Friday, June 13th 6pm & all day Sat, June 14th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62166c9c2459e31b66714eed/da991101-71d4-42c3-8f61-1312cec99d15/CornFestCrown.jpg Louisiana Corn Festival - Louisiana Corn Festival Queen’s Pageant Louisiana Corn Festival along with their Sponsor Bunkie Chamber of Commerce encourage young ladies to participate in our annual festival pageant where they are given the opportunity to develop poise and self confidence as well as earn a $1,000 scholarship. 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