The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival was in full force Friday afternoon as two parades kicked off festivities in downtown New Iberia. 

The Farmers Parade, which featured a long line of tractors to pay tribute to the farming industry in Iberia Parish, was the first parade to kick off this year’s Sugar Cane Festival. 

Along with the tractors, Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival royalty also rolled through the parade route as part of the event. 

Following the Farmers Parade, the Candy Toss Parade put on by the Berry Queens quickly followed Friday evening. 

A long line of golf carts decorated to align with the parade’s theme slowly drove through Main Street, while at the same time distributing goodies to the excited children on both sides of the street.