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Attractions, Tours & Shops Concert Series Acadiana Center for the Arts La Maison de Begnaud Bach Lunch Mercredi Show 101 W Vermilion St. · Lafayette 110 Benoit Patin Rd. · Scott Parc Sans Souci · Lafayette Pelican Park · 110 Softball Dr. · Carencro (337) 233-7060 · AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org (337) 269-5155 · BegnaudHouse.com (337) 291-5544 · LafayetteTravel.com/Bach-Lunch (337) 896-5000 · LafayetteTravel.com/ The AcA hosts a variety of performance series in the A heritage visitor center featuring one of the world-class James Devin Moncus Theater, including largest local Cajun/Creole, Zydeco, Zyde-Cajun, The Lafayette Science Museum produces this popular Mercredi-Show Louisiana Crossroads, a jazz concert series, dance, and Swamp Pop music selections in the area. free lunch hour series featuring a variety of local This concert series is family fun for all ages on theater and special events. Dud’s · Erath musicians. The bands perform noon-1 p.m. with lunches Wednesdays (Mercredi in French) from 6-8:30 ©JOHNNIEALLAN AND THE CENTER FOR LOUISIANA STUDIES Lagniappe Records available for purchase from local restaurants. Fridays in p.m. in April-May and September-October. The Amédé Ardoin Commemorative 311 B Jefferson St. · Lafayette the spring and fall. St. Landry Parish Visitor Center (337) 366-8187 · LagniappeRecords.com Opelousas Music & Market 978 Kennerson Rd. · Opelousas Lagniappe Records buys, sells and trades vinyl (337) 948-8004 · CajunTravel.com/Blog/Amede records. They specialize in rare Louisiana 45s Café Vermilionville’s Le Vieux Village/Farmer’s Market Pavilion At the center, view the 1,500 lb. carved steel statue and 78s, world music and much more. Courtyard Series 828 E Landry St. · Opelousas of Amédé Ardoin, one of the earliest French-speaking Café Vermilionville · Lafayette (337) 948-6263 · CityofOpelousas.com/ Creoles to commercially record with national labels. Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum (337) 237-0100 · LafayetteTravel.com/Courtyard-Series Music-Market 205 NW Railroad Ave. · Ville Platte Café Vermilionville hosts their spring and fall concert Local music and fresh homegrown produce Bayou Teche Museum Music Exhibit (337) 363-0900 · Facebook.com/Louisiana- 131 E Main St. · New Iberia Swamp-Pop-Museum-296677220438597/ series on Wednesdays from 6-9 p.m. in the courtyard of every Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in April-May and (337) 606-5977 · BayouTecheMuseum.org Ville Platte is the “Swamp Pop Music Capital of the Cliff’s Country Club · Lafayette the historic home turned restaurant that dates back to September-October. Hear the world-famous music that emerged from World." The museum is open Friday and Saturday, ©LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT the 1800s. Space and seating is limited so be sure and the Bayou Teche region, including Doggerel and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Come view the amazing artifacts, call for reservations. Rhythms on the River French Waltz, Rural Jazz from the likes of New Iberia’s photos, records, Wall of Fame and hear the music. River Ranch Town Square · Lafayette own Bunk Johnson, Swamp Pop, and Cajun and Concerts at Couret (337) 216-6566 · LafayetteTravel.com/ Creole music. Martin Accordions 2143 W Willow St. · Scott Couret Farms · Pont Des Mouton & Rhythms-On-River Bon Tee Cajun Accordions (337) 232-4001 · MartinAccordions.com Acadian Hills · Lafayette Concert series in River Ranch Town Square on 886 McMillian · Iota For over 30 years Martin Accordions has built (337) 216-6666 · LafayetteTravel.com/ Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in the spring and fall. (337) 779-2456 · Accordions.com/BonTeeCajun hand-made, single row, diatonic accordions for Concerts-At-Couret Bon Tee Cajun accordions are made by Larry Miller, musicians around the world. Shop tour and Cajun One of Lafayette’s newest concert series is a free, St. Julien Jams who also makes fine tit-fers (triangles). music presentation available for groups of 15 or more. monthly summer event on Fridays, 6-9 p.m. Come dance Broussard Sports Complex · Broussard Bunk Johnson Jazz Trail Forrest Club · Breaux Bridge away your summer away with music, food and fun Upper (337) 330-2649 · LafayetteTravel.com/ 445 E Main St. · New Iberia Mouton Accordions & Music ©JOHNNIEALLAN AND THE CENTER FOR LOUISIANA STUDIES Lafayette-style! St-Julien-Jams (337) 364-7024 · IberiaLibrary.org/WP/Special- 23466 Crowley-Eunice Hwy. One of the newer concert series that takes place Collections/The-Bunk-Johnson-Collection Crowley Downtown Alive! October – November and March-April Fridays Learn more about Bunk Johnson and his music in (337) 783-2246 · MoutonMusic.com the historical collection hosted at the Iberia parish The Moutons have been building accordions since Parc International or Parc Sans Souci · Lafayette at the Broussard Sports Complex located in St. library’s main branch. Visit his grave at Saint 1960, making it one of the oldest Cajun (337) 291-5566 · LafayetteTravel.com/Downtown-Alive Julien Park from 5:30-9 p.m. Edward’s Cemetery. Attend the Bunk Johnson Festival accordion labels. Acadiana’s premiere concert series, Downtown Alive! held every spring. has united community and culture to create a weekly Sounds on the Square NuNu’s Arts & Culture Collective tradition and celebration in downtown Lafayette Magdalen Square · Abbeville Cajun Music Hall of Fame & Museum 1510 Bayou Courtableau Hwy. Arnaudville (337) 893-8550 · (337) 893-4110 240 S C.C. Duson St. · Eunice (337) 754-5990 · NunuACCollective. on Fridays in the fall and spring. DTA! offers great (337) 457-6534 · CajunFrenchMusic.org/ HomesteadCloud.com entertainment in the form of free, smoke free, family- Live music concert series on Thursdays, Chinaball Club · Bristol friendly, outdoor concerts. 5:30-9 p.m., in the spring and fall. Hall-Of-Fame An artistic catalyst for the Town of Arnaudville ©JOHNNIEALLAN AND THE CENTER FOR LOUISIANA STUDIES Artifacts and memorabilia on display related to that places emphasis on developing new art Cajun music and culture. commerce with cultural events including: Music of Les Cadien du Teche (CFMA) Sugar Jam Acadiana Performance Series, La Table Francaise La Louisiane Banquet Hall Sugar Mill Pond Town Center · Youngsville Fiddle Mania II d’Arnaudville, Acadiana Irish Music Sessions 109 W Vine · Opelousas and more. 5509 Hwy. 14 · New Iberia (337) 981-4060 · LafayetteTravel.com/ (337) 948-5227 · CajunTravel.com/Things/ (337) 277-1188 · CajunFrenchMusic.org/New-Iberia Sugar-Jam/ Fiddle-Mania-II/ Savoy Music Center Third Thursday of every month. Monthly free concert on Saturdays, 6-9 p.m., Fiddle Mania features over-sized fiddles fabricated 4413 Hwy. 190-E · Eunice Les Cadiens du Teche (Cajun French Music Association’s May-November. from metal, painted and designed by local artists. (337) 457-9563 · SavoyMusicCenter.com New Iberia Chapter) features live Cajun music starting Fiddle designs encompass Louisiana’s rich heritage Choose from carefully selected recordings, books, depicting wildlife and waterways, diverse people, instruments and supplies for musicians from at 7 p.m. food, music and places. beginners to masters. Marc Savoy's beautiful, Landry’s Paladium · Lafayette handcrafted accordions are available as well. ©LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT Louisiana Crossroads Jean Lafitte National Park James D. Moncus Theater/Acadiana Center for the Arts & Preserve Prairie Acadian SOLA Violins 101 W Vermilion St. · Lafayette Cultural Center 100 E Vermilion St. Ste. 120 · Lafayette (337) 233-7060 · LafayetteTravel.com/ 250 W Park Ave. · Eunice (337) 534-4436 · SolaViolins.com (337) 457-8499 · NPS.gov Full service violin shop owned by Anya Burgess, LA-Crossroads Music demonstration every Saturday from at 2:45 violin maker, restorer and player. Anya also plays Louisiana Crossroads is a concert, discussion and p.m. Good place to visit before the Rendez-vous fiddle with two GRAMMY-nominated Cajun bands, broadcast series held monthly, October-March. This des Cajuns show at the Liberty Theater held every Bonsoir Catin and the Magnolia Sisters. concert series provides a top-notch showcase for regional Saturday at 6 p.m. Zydeco Music Exhibit and visiting artists in an intimate and accessible format. Jeanerette Museum Music Exhibit 828 E Landry St. · Opelousas 500 E Main St. · Jeanerette (337) 948-6263 Dugas Saloon · Lafayette (337) 276-4408 · JeaneretteMuseum.com This presentation located in the The Jarrell House ©LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT Old music instruments and radios at this museum at Le Vieux Village includes seven panels that housed in a 100-year-old cypress home presenting a display the legends of Zydeco, the history and sampling of life along the winding banks of information on how Creole sounds developed Bayou Teche. from the colonial period to the present in South Louisiana. Key of Z Rubboards KeyofZRubboards.com Tee Don’s World of Zydeco Rubboards (called a frottoir in Cajun French) makes rubboards in the tradition of his father, Willie Landry, the original maker of the first rubboard for Clifton Chenier. Brass Rail - Mamou. 1953 ©RICHARD DESHOTELS Annual Music Festivals & Events SPRING SUMMER FALL

Celtic Bayou Festival Breaux Bridge Clifton Chenier Delcambre Cajun French Festivals Acadiens Warehouse 535 · 535 Garfield St. Crawfish Festival Celebration Shrimp Festival Music Festival et Créoles Lafayette Parc Hardy · Breaux Bridge Clifton Chenier Club Delcambre Shrimp La Louisiane Banquet Hall Girard Park · 500 Girard Park Dr. LafayetteTravel.com/ (337) 332-6655 2116 Fernand Crochet Ln. Festival Grounds 5509 Hwy. 14 · New Iberia Lafayette CelticBayouFestival BBCrawfest.com Loreauville 409 E Main St. · Delcambre (337) 277-1188 FestivalsAcadiensetCreoles.com Celebrated around St. First full weekend in May. (337) 339-5903 (337) 685-2653 CajunFrenchMusic.org/ Second full weekend in October. Patrick’s Day. Featuring over 30 Cajun and Third Saturday in June. ShrimpFestival.net chapter_NewIberia.html Started in 1972 as an effort to keep Celtic Bayou Festival is an annual, Creole bands over three days Celebrating the life and legacy Third full weekend Held annually in September. Cajun culture alive, it has grown into coupled with the delicious family friendly event, focusing on of the "King of Zydeco Music" in August. Les Cadiens du Teche (Cajun a four-day event that attracts people crustacean, the crawfish. Sample preserving and celebrating all aspects Artists pay tribute to GRAMMY Dozens of local bands and French Music Association's New from all over the world. Festivals crawfish dishes prepared every of Irish, Irish American and other Award-winning legend Clifton national recording artists Iberia Chapter) music festival Acadiens celebrates the food, music way imaginable-fried, boiled, Celtic cultures while instilling an Chenier. Music, round table entertain the crowd at the fais-do- featuring Cajun bands, dancing, and heritage of the Cajun and Creole étouffée, bisque, boudin, pie, appreciation of this heritage in discussions and more begin dos of this fun festival that honors food, refreshments, raffle and people of South Louisiana. jambalaya and crawdogs-along current and future generations. at noon. the shrimp industry. door prizes. with other Cajun & Creole Blackpot Camp favorites. Balfa Week Lebeau Zydeco Original Southwest Louisiana Sugar Lakeview Park & Beach Chicot State Park · Ville Platte Zydeco Festival Louisiana Zydeco Cane Festival 1717 Veterans Memorial Hwy. (337) 234-8360 · LaFolkRoots.org Extravaganza 103 Lebeau Church Rd. Festival Various venues · New Iberia Eunice Yambilee Festival Grounds Held annually in April. Blackham Coliseum · 2330 Lebeau (337) 369-9323 · HiSugar.org (337) 457-2881 The annual Balfa Week is a school, Johnston St. · Lafayette (337) 351-3902 1939 W Landry St. · Opelousas Last full weekend BlackPotCamp.com a festival, a family reunion and more! ZydecoExtra.com LebeauZydecoFestival.com (337) 942-2392 · Zydeco.org in September. In preparation for the Blackpot Learn to play music, dance, cook Sunday before July 4th Weekend. Saturday before Labor Day. Fais-do-dos featuring Cajun, Festival, take lessons in Cajun fiddle, and celebrate the Cajun and Creole Memorial Day. Zydeco fans can visit the home The Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco and variety bands are accordion, guitar, old-time banjo, cultures. Our motto: Jouer. Danser. This fun indoor festival has of Rockin’ Sidney for live music, Zydeco Music Festival, the world’s a popular feature of this festival Swing jazz, songwriting, dancing and Manger. Répéter. (Jam. 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