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Bach Lunch

Held every Friday in the fall and spring from 12 – 1 p.m. in Downtown Lafayette, LA, Bach Lunch offers bag lunch options for purchase beginning at 11:15 a.m. from some of the areas local eateries coupled with live music from area musicians. Proceeds from the bag lunches go towards supporting the Lafayette Science Museum.

2022 Spring Schedule of Performers

May 13
UL Lafayette School of Music
Parc Sans Souci

May 20
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole
Parc Sans Souci

Lafayette Weekly

Legendary slide guitar master Sonny Landreth will share the stage with pianist Marcia Ball this Thursday for Rhythms on the River. The River Ranch... Read More

May Events Spotlight

Concert Series | Wednesday - Friday Springtime in Lafayette is music to everyone's ears with free concert series held Wednesday through Friday.... Read More

Summertime and Visiting is Easy

Summer. It's more than a season; it's an attitude of vacation embedded in our psyches from childhood schooldays. It's in our muscle... Read More

BBQ in Lafayette

What goes better with beautiful weather, festivals, and live music? BBQ. There is no shortage of choices in Lafayette and the surrounding areas when it... Read More

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Getting to Lafayette

The city of Lafayette, LA is located in the center of Lafayette Parish at the intersection of I-10 and I-49 between New Orleans and Houston and only 35 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. The eight parishes that comprise the area are Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion. Acadiana is made up of 22 South Louisiana parishes that extend from south of Alexandria in the center of the state, to Lake Charles on the west, south of New Orleans on the east, and to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.

Lafayette Parish Map

Plan Your Escape

Lafayette, LA is at the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun & Creole Country, an area known as the ‘Happiest City in America’ and it’s no mystery. Whether your passion is for our rich cultural history, the bustling culinary scene or distinctive blend of Cajun and Zydeco music, you can be sure you will leave beaming from ear to ear. Plan your escape to the Happiest City in America.

Woman playing the fiddle to reclined partner at Lake Martin.

Happiest City in America

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