Chennault Festival brings the enjoyable to Monroe this weekend

MONROE, La. (KNOE) – Chennault Fest makes an look again in Monroe for 2025. The occasion is a fundraiser for the Chennault Museum and the General Claire Chennault Foundation.

Tickets for adults are $20. Youth tickets are $5.00. Military tickets are $10. Hot air balloons, Ferris wheel, dwell music, a petting zoo and entry to meals vehicles will probably be obtainable throughout open instances.

Discover Monroe and West Monroe public relations and media coordinator, Kenya Ross and Executive Director of Chennault Museum, Hollie Boudreaux, imagine this yr’s Chennault Fest will probably be higher than final yr’s after the profitable critiques.

“We put on events so that we can stay free to the public. We can continue to put on our veterans program like PTSD groups for vet comeback veterans, emergency responders and their families,” Boudreaux says.“We have people from Kansas coming that are coming in, so we are very proud of the economic impact that this can potentially have on our area,” Ross says.

Chennault Fest will probably be happening from Nov 7, 2025, to Nov 8, 2025. Gates open at 3 p.m. At the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum. Parish County Line will carry out on November seventh and American Idol winner Laine Hardy will carry out on November eighth. For extra particulars, go to Chennaultfest.

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