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Lafayette, LA's annual Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, held the second full weekend in October, provides the ideal opportunity to discover Lafayette, LA's blend of food, music and culture that makes the city so unique. Since 1974 this free festival has offered locals and visitors alike the opportunity to experience three days of nonstop music, dancing, food as well as crafts and a genuine Cajun and Creole experience like no other. See below for a complete list of performers.
5p Jourdan Thibodeaux et Les Rôdailleurs
7p Ruben Moreno's Zydeco Re-Evolution
10a Jimmy Breaux & Friends
11a T'Monde
1p Bonsoir, Catin w/Special Guest Eric Adcock
2:15p Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole
3:30p The Holiday Playgirls
4:45p Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames
6p Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
10:30a Mike Dopsie & Zydeco Entourage
11a C-4
1p Savoy Family/Magnolia Sisters
2:30p Les Amis du Teche
3:45p Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
5p Travis Matte w/ Special Guest Johnnie Allan
6:30p Chris Ardoin & NuStep Zydeko
10:30a Robert Jardell & Pure Cajun
11:45a Wayne Singleton featuring The Urban Kreyol Band
1p Corey Ledet Zydeco
2:15p Four Horses
3:30p Lafayette Rhythm Devils
4:45p Balfa Toujours
11:15a Louisiana Tradition Bearer Award Sale Bordelon
12p William Family Zydeco Tradition Big Nate & Lil Nate
1p Songs & Stories with Johnnie Allan with Roddie Romero & Travis Matte
2p Cajun Swing & Honkey Tonk Luke Huval & Chas Justus
3:15p Louisiana French Songwriting Kristi Guillory & Jourdan Thibodeaux
4:15p Paul Daigle, Cameron Fontenot & Josh Elkins
11:15a Jamie Lynn Fontento - Learn the Lyrics
12:45p Angelle Aces
2:15p Randall Jackson
3:45p Jane & John Vidrine
11a Games & Story Time with Alliance Française de Lafayette
1p Creole LaLa Table with Colby Martin
3:30p Louisiana French Lesson with Alliance Française de Lafayette
11:30a Dustin Dale Gaspard
12:45p Bogue Chitto
2p Cajun Aland: Swedish/Cajun Fusion
3:15p The Revelers
4:30p Nokosee Fields
10:30a Blake Miller & The Old Fashioned Aces
11:45a Luke Huval Band ft. Terry Huval & Jambalaya
1p Williams Family Zydeco Tradition with Big Nathan, Lil' Nate, Naylan
2p Chére Élise
3:34p Carrier Family Celebration
5:15p Horace Trahan & The Ossun Express
6:30p Wayne Toups & Friends
10:45a Rusty Metoyer & the Zydeco Krush
12p Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours
1:15p Pine Leaf Boys
2:30p Alphonse Ardoin & the Zydeco Kingz
3:45p Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
5p Lost Bayou Ramblers
9a French Mass
10a Danse Rondes
10:45a ŒUVAL
12p Jesse Lége & The Bayou Aces
1:15p Has Beans
2:30p Mason Trail & Zydeco Rhythm
4p Creole String Beans
5:15p Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
12p The Roots of Zydeco with Cedric Watson, Jefferey Broussard
1p Fiddle Summit with Renée Reed and Justin Leger
2p Old Songs, New World with Tony Davoren, Leyla McCalla & Dirk Powell
3p Pont Des Chansons presented by CODOFIL Megan Constantin
4p Sheryl Cormier Trio
11:15a Gina Forsyth
12:45p Alphonse Ardoin
2:15p Horace Trahan
3:45p Zydeco Izreal
11a La Table Chantant with Longfellow Evangeline State Historic Site
1p Immersion Student Theater Performance with École St-Landry & Théâtre
2:30p Table Française with CODOFIL staff
11:30a BeauSoleil
12:45p Celijun presented by Festival International de Louisiane
2p Cedric Watson and Corey Harris
3:15p Louis Michot, Corey Ledet, & Leyla McCalla
4:30p Bayou Blues Band: Roddie Romero, Sonny Landreth, Michael Doucet, Grant Dermody, Michael Juan Nunez and more
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