Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Formed in 1975, the Cajun Band powerhouse Beausoleil has brought the music of their native land to the world.

Swamp in the City returns May 7–10, 2026 to Red Hook with 4 days of Cajun & Creole music, dancing, food, and Louisiana spirit ...

Decades ago, if people wanted to hear Cajun or Zydeco music, they had to go to a dancehall or a bar, or they heard it at home. It was not until Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the original and largest ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, ...

The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - I’ve heard this style of music all over south Louisiana, from the bayous to the Cajun prairies. But this jam session is taking place on a front porch in a neighborhood known ...

For more than 40 years, BeauSoleil bandleader Michael Doucet has been carrying on a musical tradition that once was in danger of extinction. When he started studying and playing Cajun music in the ...

Marc Savoy is a Louisiana legend not only in Eunice but around the world. He has dedicated his life to preserving the Cajun culture through making instruments, holding jam sessions and maintaining a ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...