St. Stephen• St. Stephen Parish Festival begins with stands opening at 11 a.m. Homemade chicken and ham dinner served with homemade pies. Event includes bingo, kiddie games and inflatables, quilts, fancywork, plants, farmers market, cake walk, pull tabs, beer garden and food stands (hamburgers, hotdogs, taco in a bag and bouja). Live music all afternoon — JJ’s Band from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and LaVerne & The Starlites from 2 to 7 p.m. Country auction at 1 p.m. Quilts auctioned at 2 p.m. Grand raffle at 5:30 p.m. (Grand prize: $1,500 in cash. Over $12,000 in cash/prizes.)