Chafunkta Brewing Company turns nine! To celebrate this special ocassion, they're hosting a free party on Saturday, April 15, 2023, 12-10 p.m. The event features live music by Adam Pearce & Cypress Creek with great food from Frytastic, Wolf's Burger Truck and Smokin' Buddha BBQ.

Chafunkta Brewing Company is a Mandeville, LA based nanobrewery formed by Josh & Jamie Erickson in June of 2011. The 'Chafunkta' name (pronounced Che-funk'-tuh) is derived from "Tchefuncte,", which is itself derived from the Choctaw word "Hachofakti, " meaning a type of shrub oak tree that produced a small edible nut called "chinquapin, " which is similar to a chestnut. During the early Indian days, these trees lined the banks of the Tchefuncte River, which forms part of the border between St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes.