New Orleans, LA (July 2025) — The NOLA Zydeco Festival is expanding its footprint and celebrating a milestone year. Now in its fifth year, the festival is moving to Heritage Park in Slidell, Louisiana ...

In the heart of urban Lafayette lays a gateway to south Louisiana’s cultural history known as Vermilionville, and on Sunday, the folklife park re-created the state’s historical Creole life for ...

The community is invited to Northwestern State University's "Recipes, Rhythm & Roots: A Creole Heritage Celebration" ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — A day filled with rhythm, dance, and deep cultural roots took over the Blackham Coliseum for the 38th Annual Zydeco Extravaganza—a staple event celebrating the rich Creole heritage ...

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 38TH ANNUAL ZYDECO EXTRAVAGANZA—WHAT CAN ATTENDEES EXPECT THAT'S NEW AND EXCITING IN 2025? We're thrilled to introduce the Creole Heritage Tent this year! Zydeco Unplugged has ...

Barry Ancelet, then 23 and a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student, was plenty worried on a stormy night at Blackham Coliseum 50 years ago this day. Stakes were high. Assigned to work at the ...

Balfa Week is all about learning to appreciate Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole culture and play the music. After a three-year break due to COVID-19, the 20th Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week is ...

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 ...

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles celebrated its 51st year in Lafayette, Louisiana. The free, three-day event is the world's largest Cajun and Zydeco music celebration. This year's theme honored the ...

It is most assuredly festival weather in south Louisiana, and oh what a weekend of music will rock St. Tammany on Nov. 1 and 2, starting with the state's largest songwriter festival with more than 100 ...