Frog Racing

Festival visitors are invited to participate in the unique Frog Racing and Jumping contests at the annual Rayne Frog Festival.   The Frog Racing and Jumping contests made their debut appearance at the third annual Frog Festival in Rayne.  Since then, they have proven to be one of the most popular festival events, offering festival-goers a change to “get in on the action” and handle real, live frogs. Over 50 entries from throughout the United States participated in both events at that first annual contest in 1975. The frog facing and jumping contests came into existence because of correspondence between the Rayne Acadian Tribune and officials in other states where frog jumps and races were held annually and were huge successes. The Rayne Jaycees joined the Tribune in sponsoring the event, by providing frogs to rent and helping to measure the jumps.