1976 – RED RIVER REVEL – This “Celebration of the Arts” is an eight-day arts festival for the ArkLaTex held in October in Festival Plaza. Winner of the 1988 President’s Volunteer Action Award, the Revel began in 1976 as the League’s Bicentennial gift to the community. The first Revel was co-sponsored with the Shreveport Regional Bicentennial Commission. The Revel now attracts more than 200,000 people to Shreveport-Bossier and has a $10 million impact annually on the economy.