The annual Audubon Pilgrimage celebrates a southern spring in St. Francisville, the glorious garden spot of Louisiana's English Plantation country. For four decades the sponsoring West Feliciana Historical Society, its docents resplendent in authentic 1820's costumes, has thrown open the doors of significant historic structures to commemorate...   more...

Our goal is to make your visit to the Audubon Pilgrimage festival the most enjoyable time. Click on the adjacent photo to discover some tips before the arriving. Tips include making reservations, itinerary, information on tours, ticket purchasing, lodging reservations, restaurants, shops and other activities.  Especially helpful is the website's frequently asked question section.  more...

Throughout the years men from elsewhere have come to West Feliciana. Their reasons for coming were as varied as the houses they built; homes that can be seen as monuments to the lives they made for themselves here.    more...

The cluster of notable 19th-century gardens in West Feliciana are outstanding examples of what unlimited time, wealth, labor, and horticultural knowledge, combined with the rich loess soil and a happy climate, could produce in antebellum culture. These gardens remain monuments to past glories and to the hardiness of plantings.    more...

Churches were monuments of order in the disorderly frontier landscape. Throughout the 19th century the settlers strained to build and support them.   more...

To visit the Rural Homestead is to experience the lifestyle of rural Southerners. Native materials, hand-hewn cypress shingles and ancient timbers present a faithful recreation of what “home” meant to the plain folk of the Nineteenth century South.   more...

Discover the events held on Friday and Saturday nights, Grace cemetery graveside tales, robust hymn singing, wine & cheese gala, historic Royal St. by candlelight and Saturday night soiree'.   more...

Delight in the sight of charmingly costumed children dancing the Maypole and playing nostalgic singing games on Royal Street in St. Francisville's National Register Historic District.    more...

Tickets can be purchased at the Historic Society Museum on Ferdinand St.  Purchase your tickets during the festival or in advance.  For group tickets, it is recommended to purchase ahead of time, so we can help with your scheduling needs.    more...         --Purchase Online Tickets--

During the three days of the festival, plantation home tours are opened each day. Other activities such as the maypole dancers, night-time graveyard tour, social and dinner, etc.. are held at specific day and time.  Click read more for a schedule sheet for your convenience.    more...