Thursday 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Friday 4:00pm – 11:00pm
Saturday 10:00am – 11:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Ice skating closes 1 hour before the festival closes.

Schedule
Thursday, December 12
5:00 P.M.-6:30 PM – Holiday Magic & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
5:00 P.M.-10:00 PM – Musical Entertainment & Ice Skate Rink Open

Friday, December 13
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Special Needs Skating
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Vendors Set-Up
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Corporate Sponsor Skate
4:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Event Kicks Off with Ice Skate Rink Open, Choo Choo Alex, Jolly Junction, Vendors Active, Musical Entertainment
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Indie Village

Saturday, December 14
8:00 AM – 5K Ugly Sweater Run
8:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Musical Entertainment
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Employee Skating Day
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Vendor Set-Up
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Multicultural Village
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM -Ice Skate Rink Open, Choo Choo Alex, Jolly Junction, Vendors Active
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM – Indie Village
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Adopt-A-Pet (Jolly Junction Area)
2:00 PM – Gumbo Cook-Off Judging
3:00 PM – Cookie Eating Contest
10:00 PM – Fireworks

Sunday, December 15
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – DJ/Ice Skate Rink Open
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – AMGA Holiday Parade

Do you like Jazz? We sure do! The Arts Council of Central Louisiana invites you to join us for our annual Holiday bash at the luxurious Hurst Loft on Friday, December 13th starting at 7:00 PM.

This year A-Town Jazz features Louisiana Native, Dave Duplissey! He will swoon us all night with a fabulous jazz performance! Born on the banks of Bayou Bouef, Dave Duplissey has deep roots in Cajun Creole culture.

Call the sitter and enjoy an open bar, great jazz, good company, and h’ordeuvres (flavors of India courtesy of Amy Pillarisetti).

Cost of admission: $30

A special thanks to the Hurst’s for hosting!

Beautiful homes and St. James Episcopal Church will be open for the tour in the historic Garden District, each with individual history and architectural character. Tour participants begin their tour at St. James Episcopal Church located on Murray Street, where they can park their car, pick up tickets, and hop on the “Spirit of Alexandria” trolleys. Tickets are $25 and are available for purchase online in advance at www.GardenDistrictNeighborhood.org or in person at Southern Chic and Main Dish & More in Alexandria. Tickets will also be available at the ticket booth the day of the event.

Grand Opening Week Giveaways:
Grand Opening Week Giveaways:
12/18: GRAND OPENING DAY: FREE Chicken Salad for a YEAR!
Be one of the first 100 Guests to join us on Opening Day and you’ll receive FREE Chicken Salad for an entire YEAR!
Our 1st guest will receive 1 free Large Quick Chick per week for 52 weeks.
Guests 2-100 will receive 1 Free Large Quick Chick per month for 12 months!*
•Not able to join us for our Morning 1st 100 Giveaway? Join us ALL DAY to enter our drawing for Free Chicken Salad for a Year! Purchase any Chick Special to enter & we will draw 10 lucky winners at the end of the day!
*Must be 16 Years or Older
*Must purchase the Chick Special
*Must download CSC App
*Redemption starts 12/23
*Not valid in drive-thru

12/19 FREE Chick Tumbler!
Be one of the first 50 guests to purchase a Chick Trio and receive a FREE Chick Tumbler!
*Must be 16 Years or Older
*Must purchase a Chick Trio
*1 tumbler per guest, guest must be present
*Does not include unlimited refills on future visits.
*Not valid in drive-thru

12/20 FREE Chick Commemorative Cup!
Be one of the first 50 guests to purchase a Chick Trio and receive a FREE Commemorative Chick Cup!
*Must be 16 Years or Older
*Must purchase the Chick Trio
*Does not include unlimited refills on future visits.
*Not valid in drive-thru

12/21 FREE Large Chick Cooler!
Be one of the first 50 guests to purchase 2 Large Quick Chicks & receive a FREE Large Chicken Salad Chick Cooler!*
*Must be 16 Years or Older
*Must purchase 2 Large Quick Chicks
*Not valid in drive-thru

Rock the Holidays with two Louisiana Music Hall of Famers! Zebra, Lillian Axe, and special guests Post Profit will perform LIVE at Rapides Parish Coliseum on Friday, December 20th!

Zebra is a hard rock band that formed in 1975 in New Orleans, LA. It features Randy Jackson (guitar and vocals), Felix Hanemann (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Guy Gelso (drums and vocals). Their mainstream debut on Atlantic Records in 1983 featured the singles “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind The Door”. Like Twisted Sister, Zebra cut their teeth on the East Coast club circuit, frequently playing at clubs on Long Island, NY.

Zebra started their career by playing covers of Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues and Rush songs: it was their early fans’ reaction to their Led Zeppelin renditions that helped convince the band to bring their act to New York. They had introduced their original material into their cover sets years before they were signed to Atlantic Records, including “The La La Song”, “Free” and “Bears” (originally entitled “The Bears are Hibernating”).

Zebra had been noticed as an original act to contend with by local colleges and even had some of their early original performances recorded by Long Island FM radio station WBAB, culminating in the inclusion of one of their songs on a release of “WBAB’s Homegrown Album”, which commemorated some of the station’s best local acts and performances culled from their on-air “Homegrown Hour” program.

The band continued to tour throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2003 released Zebra IV, their first album of all-new material since 1986. A DVD of recent live performances, mostly from a show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, was released in the summer of 2007. Zebra is a band of legendary status in two “hometown” areas, Louisiana and Long Island. They were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

Through big shot producers, major label record deals, MTV videos and quarter of a million record sales in the United States alone, New Orleans hard rock survivors Lillian Axe have persevered through the years and still to this day, record new music and tour.

From humble beginnings in 1983, the New Orleans-based hard rock act rose above the cream of the bands touring the southern U.S. club circuit. Within three years, the band’s live show had built a reputation that was becoming legendary throughout the south. While opening with Ratt, Poison, and Queensryche, the guys caught the eye of MCA Records executive Irving Azoff and also Marshall Berle (nephew of Milton Berle). Irving Azoff immediately signed Lillian Axe to MCA Records. Fueled by their hit single, “True Believer”, followed by their cover of the Badfinger classic, “No Matter What”, and VH1 Classic favorite video for “Show A Little Love”, Lillian Axe reached the upper 100 of the Billboard album charts.

Lillian Axe was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on May 16, 2010, the first hard rock band inducted into the LMHOF.

Post Profit is an alternative rock band from Longview Texas, featuring Matt Jackson (Guitar/Vocals), Nick Hawner (Guitar/Vocals) Jordan Conley (Bass/Vocals), and Zach Hicks (Drums/Vocals). Hear their single, “Some Sad Song” here: https://youtu.be/8ciIpskKur4 

On Saturday, December 21st, we will be celebrating our 2nd Annual Cenlabration Festival here at the brewery! As always, we have partnered with an awesome, locally focused non-profit in our area. This year, we are working with Arts & Healthcare Inc. to help them continue with the great work they have been doing in our community!

This year, we will have live music kicking off with the Alexandria Farmers Market in the morning and running until 10pm on the Trail Dog Backyard Stage! You’ll be able to see some of Central Louisiana’s finest local artists. Also, NOLA’s own Brokedown Streetcar will be making the trek with some other NOLA bands!

Also, it wouldn’t be Cenlabration without a chili cook-off, so you’ll be able to taste some of the best homemade chili in the Central Louisiana area!

Of course it wouldn’t be Cenlabration without the anticipated release of our Cenlabration Imperial SMASH India Red Ale. We’ll also have some other special keg tappings to boot!

Last, we will have a special 50th Anniversary tribute to the Beatles’ Abbey Road album featuring many musicians from our area!

Stay tuned for the stage lineup as well as other updates. Come celebrate the holidays with us!