Responsibility for the information contained in this calendar rests solely with the individual event planners. The festivals and events listed represent the major annual events in the Lafayette area. For a complete, detailed listing of events, visit www.LafayetteTravel.com. Circumstances sometimes require changes in the dates of events. It is best to confirm dates before making plans. Schedule subject to change without notice. 167 20 20 49 165 35 55 45 84 165 49 12 10 10 90 COVER PHOTOS BY DENNY CULBERT, PAUL KIEU AND LAFAYETTE TRAVEL VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER Intersection of I-10 & I-49 1400 NW Evangeline Thruway I-10 Exit 103-A I-49 South of I-10 HOURS OF OPERATION Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MAY 2018 - MAY 2019 [email protected] · 337.232.3737 800.346.1958 U.S. 800.543.5340 Canada Do you have an event taking place in Lafayette Parish that you would like to share? Simply go to LafayetteTravel.com/events SUBMIT AN EVENT and submit your event with as much information as possible and we will review and add to our calendar of events. JUN Daylily Festival and Garden Show. 2 S Magdalen Sq., Abbeville. ONGOING EVENTS 2 337-898-4110, MostCajun.com. ZooLive. Zoo of Acadiana, 5601 Hwy 90 E, Broussard. Classic Arms Productions Gun & Knife Show. Lafayette Event Center, 337-837-4325, ZooOfAcadiana.org. JUN 2-3 4607 Johnston St., Lafayette. 985-624-8577, CAPGunShows.com. Tuesdays & Saturdays – Teche Area Farmer's Market. Creole Culture Day. Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette. Bouligny Plaza, 102 W Main St., New Iberia. 337-369-2330. JUN 337-233-4077, Vermilionville.org. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays – Acadiana Farmer’s Market. 10 801 Foreman Dr., Lafayette. 337-948-8812 or 337-351-9082. EatLafayette. Locally owned restaurants in Acadiana. JUN 18- 800-346-1958, EatLafayette.com. SEP 16 Fridays – Begnaud House Cajun Acoustic Jam Session (House Party). 110 Benoit Patin Rd., Scott. 337-269-5155, CityOfScott.org. Stars & Stripes: A Musical Celebration. Sugar Cane Festival Building, JUN 601 Parkview Dr., New Iberia. 337-364-1603, IberiaTravel.com. Saturdays – Hub City Farmers Market. Oil Center, 427 24 Heymann Blvd., Lafayette. (Across from Champagne's). Fourth of July Fishing Rodeo. Cypremort Point. Quintana Boat LafayetteHubCityMarket.com. JUN 29- Launch. (337) 207-6206. Iberiarodandgunclub.com JUL 1 Saturdays – Lafayette Farmers and Artisan Market. Horse Farm, Erath 4th of July Celebration. Downtown, Erath. 337-937-5585, 2913 Johnston St., Lafayette. 337-944-4167, MarketAtTheHorseFarm.com. JUN 30- Erath4.com. JUL 4 Saturdays – Cajun Jam at Vermilionville. 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette. JULY 2018 337-233-4077, Vermilionville.org. JUL 1, 8-9, Acadiana Cane Cutter’s Baseball. Fabacher Field, 221 La Neuville Saturdays – Rendez-vous des Cajuns. Liberty Theatre, 12-13, 18-21, 24-25, 30-31 Rd., Youngsville. 337-451-6582, CaneCuttersBaseball.com. 200 Park Ave., Eunice. 337-457-7389, Eunice-LA.com. JUL Independence Celebration. Sugar Mill Pond, 101 Waterview Rd., Sundays – Bal du Dimanche at Vermilionville. 3 Youngsville. 337-216-6544, SouthernLifestyleDevelopment.com. 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette. 337-233-4077, Vermilionville.org. JUL Uncle Sam’s Jam. Parc International, Garfield St., Downtown Second Saturday Every Month – ArtWalk. Downtown, Lafayette. 3 Lafayette. Facebook.com/LafayetteDowntown. 337-291-5566, DowntownLafayette.org. JUL Fireworks on the River. Nall Park, 562 Front St., Krotz Springs. MAY 2018 4 337-566-2322, CajunTravel.com. MAY 2, Mecredi Show. Pelican Park, 110 Softball Dr., Lafayette. Fourth of July Fireworks Show. Eunice Recreation Complex, 9, 16, 23 Facebook.com/MercrediShow JUL 4 461 Sittig St., Eunice. 337-457-7389, CajunTravel.com. MAY Rhythms on the River. River Ranch Town Square, 1100 Camellia Historic Downtown/Bouligny 3, 10 Blvd., Lafayette. 337-216-6529, RiverRanchDevelopment.com. JUL New Iberia Fourth of July Parade. 4 Plaza, 102 W Main St., New Iberia. 337-344-9397, IberiaTravel.com. MAY Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. Parc Hardy, 1290 Rees St., Breaux 4-6 Lebeau Zydeco Festival. Immaculate Conception Catholic Bridge. 337-332-6655, BBCrawfest.com. JUL 7 Church, 103 Lebeau Church Rd., Lebeau. 337-351-3902, MAY Vermilion Carmel May Festival. VC-Mount Carmel School Grounds, CajunTravel.com. 4-5 405 Park Ave., Abbeville. 337-893-6636, MCESchool.org. JUL Bayou BBQ Bash, “Morgan City Under the Bridge.” Downtown MAY Celebration of Herbs & Gardens. Park on Marie St., Sunset. 20-21 Morgan City. 985-380-8224, CajunCoast.com. 5 337-662-3542, CajunTravel.com. JUL Gulf Brew. Blackham Coliseum, 2330 Johnston St., Lafayette. MAY Rayne Frog Festival. 206 Frog Festival Dr., Gossen Memorial Park, 21 337-233-7060, AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org. 10-12 Rayne. 337-334-2332, RayneFrogFestival.com. JUL Petite Tour du Teche V. Parc des Ponts de Pont Breaux, MAY El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia. Bouligny Plaza/Steamboat 21 251 E Bridge St., Breaux Bridge. 337-789-0319, CajunTravel.com. 11-13 Pavilion, 102 W Main St., New Iberia. 337-349-7343, IberiaTravel.com. JUL Louisiana Outdoor Expo. Cajundome & Convention Center, 444 MAY Downtown Alive! Parc International or Parc Sans Souci, 27-29 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette. 337-265-2100, LAOutdoorExpo.com. 11, 18, 25 Downtown, Lafayette. 337-291-5566, DowntownLafayette.org. JUL Day of Remembrance. St. Martinville. 337-394-2258, MAY Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade. Vermilionville, 300 Fisher 28 AcadianMemorial.org. 20 Rd., Lafayette. 337-233-4077, BayouVermilionDistrict.org. Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival. MAY Krotz Springs Sportsmen’s Heritage Festival. Nall Park, 562 Front St., JULY 28 828 E Landry St., Opelousas. (337) 246-0718, CajunTravel.com. 24-26 Krotz Springs. 337-566-3527, KSSportsmensHeritageFestival.com. MAY 24- Cajun Heartland State Fair. Cajundome, 444 Cajundome Blvd., AUGUST 2018 JUN 3 Lafayette. 337-265-2100, Cajundome.com. AUG Classic Arms Productions Gun & Knife Show. Lafayette Event Center, 4-5 4607 Johnston St., Lafayette. 985-624-8577, CAPGunShows.com. MAY Zydeco Extravaganza. Blackham Collesium, 2330 Johnston St., 27 Lafayette. ZydecoExtra.com. AUG Acadiana Cane Cutter’s Baseball. Fabacher Field, 221 La Neuville 5-6 Rd., Youngsville. 337-451-6582, CaneCuttersBaseball.com. Louisiana Crossroads Series. AcA’s James D. Moncus Theater, MAY 101 W Vermilion St., Lafayette. 337-233-7060, 31 AUG Acadian Culture Day. Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette. AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org. 12 337-233-4077, Vermilionville.org. MAY Acadiana Cane Cutter’s Baseball. Fabacher Field, 221 La Neuville Rd., AUG National Day of the Acadians. Acadian Memorial, 121 S New Market 31 Youngsville. 337-451-6582, CaneCuttersBaseball.com. 15 St., St. Martinville. 337-394-2258, AcadianMemorial.org. JUNE 2018 AUG Delcambre Shrimp Festival. Shrimp Festival Grounds, 15-19 409 E Main St., Delcambre. 337-685-2653, ShrimpFestival.net. Frog Capital Classic Car/Hot Rod Show. 206 Frog Festival Dr., TBA Gossen Memorial Park, Rayne. 337-334-3585, AcadiaTourism.org. Le Cajun French Music Festival and Awards Show. 8/16: La Poussiere, AUG Breaux Bridge. 8/17-18: Rayne Civic Center, 210 Frog Festival Dr., DSRA Drag Boat Racing. Morgan City. 985-380-8224, 16-18 TBA DeepSouthRacing.net. Rayne. 281-256-3097, CajunFrenchMusic.org. Cajundome and Convention Center, Church Point Buggy Festival. City Park, 102 Church Blvd., AUG Games of Acadiana. JUN 18 1-3 Church Point. 337-684-2739. AcadiaTourism.org. 444 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette. 337-984-1920, MilesPerret.org. 715 Second St., Downtown JUN 1-3, Acadiana Cane Cutter’s Baseball. Fabacher Field, 221 La Neuville AUG 30- Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival. SEP 3 14-17, 24-25, Rd., Youngsville. 7 p.m. 337-451-6582, CaneCuttersBaseball.com. Morgan City. 985-385-0703, Shrimp-Petrofest.org. 28-30 OCT Louisiana Cattle Festival. Downtown, Abbeville. 337-893-6328, SEPTEMBER 2018 12-14 LouisianaCattleFestival.org. Labor Day Fishing Rodeo. Cypremort Point State Park, TBA 306 Beach Ln. 337-364-7301. OCT Semi Annual Antique Fair & Yard Sale. 123 S Church St., Washington. 12-14 337-826-3580, CajunTravel.com. Mercredi Show. Pelican Park, 110 Softball Dr, Carencro. WEDNESDAYS Facebook.com/MercrediShow. OCT UL Football Game. Cajun Field, 2351 W Congress St., Lafayette. 13, 27 337-265-2100, RaginCajuns.com. Rhythms on the River. River Ranch Town Square, 1100 Camellia THURSDAYS Blvd., Lafayette. 337-216-6529, RiverRanchDevelopment.com. OCT World Championship Gumbo Cook-Off. Bouligny Plaza, 13-14 100 W Main St., New Iberia. 337-364-1836, IberiaChamber.org. Bach Lunch. Parc Sans Souci, 201 E Vermilion St., Downtown FRIDAYS Lafayette. 337-291-5544, LafayetteScienceMuseum.org. OCT International Rice Festival. 110 E 4th St., Downtown Crowley. 18-21 337-783-3067, 877-783-2109, RiceFestival.com. Downtown Alive! Parc International or Parc Sans Souci, Downtown, FRIDAYS Lafayette. 337-291-5566, DowntownLafayette.org. OCT Bayou Round Up. Blackham Coliseum, 2330 Johnston St., Lafayette. 19-20 BayouRoundUp.com. SEP UL Football Game. Cajun Field, 2351 W Congress St., Lafayette. 1, 22 337-265-2100, RaginCajuns.com. OCT Boo Bayou. Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Rd., Lafayette. 337-233-4077, 20 Vermilionville.org SEP Zydeco Breakfast Under the Oaks. St. Landry Parish Courthouse, 1 118 S Court St., Opelousas. 337-948-6263, CajunTravel.com. OCT Boudin Cook-Off. Parc Sans Souci, 201 E Vermilion St., Downtown 20 Lafayette. 337-993-2207, BoudinCookOff.com. Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival. Trail Ride: Zydeco SEP Festival Park, 457 Zydeco Rd., Plaisance. (Off Highway 167 North) OCT Tailgating Cook-Off. Loreauville Park, 601 Ed Broussard Rd., 1 Live Music: Yambilee Building, 1939 W Landry St., Opelousas. 20 Loreauville. 337-577-3852. 337-290-6048, CajunTravel.com. OCT Shake Your Trail Feather Festival. Parc des Pont de Pont Breaux, 20 SEP Rice & Gravy Cookoff. Parc Du Pint, Breaux Bridge. 337-442-1597, 251 E Bridge St., Breaux Bridge. TecheProject.org. 8 CajunCountry.org. OCT Boo at the Zoo.