May Events Spotlight

• Cité des Arts

Oof Comedy and Lafayette Comedy present the 3rd Annual Couillon Fest - a 3-day stand-up comedy experience featuring the region's funniest comedians, with headlining comics from around the country, including Lane Lonion (2025 Comedy Works New Faces Winner), Howard Hall (BET, Jamie…

• DoubleTree by Hilton Lafayette

Lafayette Comedy welcomes EMO PHILIPS on Saturday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m. at Club 337. Tickets are on sale now. VIP: $30.00 (reserved seating in the first 3 rows) GA: $25.00 Doors at 6:30 p.m. Ages 18+ | Emo is a clean comedian (PG-13+) No drink minimum Described by Jay Leno as…

The world-famous Crawfish Festival began in 1960 as a spin-off of the Breaux Bridge Centennial Celebration. The Louisiana Legislature had just named Breaux Bridge the Crawfish Capital of the World in 1959. The festival is now known around the country and even the world. Every…

• CAJUNDOME
• Recurring daily

The Cajun Heartland State Fair is a multi-day fair produced by an innovative and insightful team of professionals on the CAJUNDOME staff. The ride specials, food, free attractions, and family-oriented games make an outstanding summer experience. Truly, there is something for…

Lafayette, LA's annual Zydeco Extravaganza, held annually the Sunday before Memorial Day, combines the Zydeco music you love with the flavor of a Lafayette, LA festival. This fun indoor festival has everything your friends and family will need to dance the day away including live…

The Daylily Festival and Garden Show is held annually on the first Saturday in June at Magdalen Square in Downtown Abbeville. This annual horticulture celebration of the daylily flower welcomes over 40 vendors that sell everything from the festival’s namesake to Hibiscus, rare…

A celebration commemorating all of our fallen soldiers with flag ceremony, 21 gun salute and harmony of patriotic music.

• Acadiana Center for the Arts
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

AcA Main Gallery 30 Years Dancing with Mind and Matter is a large scale exhibition which showcases thirty years of collaborative and singular artworks created by artists Kathy Reed and Steve Breaux

• Hilliard Art Museum
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir creates a monumental “Nervescape” that transforms the museum into a fictional forest of brilliant blues, shocking pinks and electric yellows. Known for her sculptures and site-specific instillations that blur the boundaries…

• Acadiana Center for the Arts
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Experimental artworks by the UL College of the Arts students, showcased are the results of investigating concept and theme in inventive ways.

• Acadiana Center for the Arts
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

AcA Side Gallery Arnaudville based photographer Rush Jagoe explores local cultural traditions of both prairie and bayou through varying material and medium.

• Hilliard Art Museum
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

A multidisciplinary exhibition rooted in listening. This group show is grounded in the idea that sound is more than something we hear. April 11, 2026 – August 15, 2026 Drawing from field recordings made in the Atchafalaya Basin by Dr. Earl Robicheaux at the turn of the…

• Hilliard Art Museum
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Photographic and screenprint works that reflect on the intimate, observational, and voyeuristic dimensions of the artist’s life and practice. March 7 – August 15, 2026 Andy Warhol is widely considered one of the most influential image makers of the 20th century. Decades…

• Hilliard Art Museum
• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

About Rachel Libeskind Rachel Libeskind is an artist, performer, thinker and creative director based in New York City and Berlin, Germany. Her practice is developed through building mischievous strategies to engage with images, archives, and histories. She is collecting…

• City of Scott
• Recurring monthly on the 1st Thursday

Rosary will be held at 10am every first Thursday of the month.

• NUNU Arts and Culture Collective
• Recurring monthly on the 1st Saturday

Connecting tribes one table at a time. Together we share and learn about indigenous heritage. Hosted by Clovis "Joe" Billiot, Debra Cooper Billiot, and Biloxi-Chitimacha (Tribal Member).

• City of Broussard
• Recurring monthly on the 2nd Friday

Practice your French at the historic home of Valsin Broussard, founder of the City of Broussard. Whether you speak French fluently or you hardly know a word, there is a seat for you at our French table, guided by Marie Ducote with Cajun Food Tours. Sign up today at…

• Downtown Development Authority/Downtown Lafayette Unlimited
• Recurring monthly on the 2nd Saturday

ArtWalk Lafayette occurs every second Saturday in Downtown Lafayette. The monthly event features exhibits, live music, theatrical performances, and immersive art experiences in the shops, galleries, museums, and streets of Downtown Lafayette. To keep up with the different events…

• Recurring monthly on the last Saturday

Our goal of the Makers Market is to provide a place for St. Landry makers to display and sell their creations. We want to showcase a well-curated collection of makers with locally handcrafted goods, the best homegrown entertainment, chefs & bakers offering mouthwatering…

• Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Saturday

Fightingville Fresh is a neighborhood farmer's market on Lafayette's north side, selling fresh local produce. Open Tuesdays 3-5PM & Saturdays 1-4PM, RAIN OR SHINE