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The Mercredi Show

Mercredi means Wednesday in French and Mercredi is our chance to celebrate our heritage in Lafayette, LA. Come out in the spring and fall to enjoy some great music and good fun. The concert series is family fun for all ages. The stage area is wheelchair accessible to accommodate our visitors. Mercredi Concert takes place from 6:00 p.m. till 8:30 p.m. at Pelican Park in Carencro.

The Mercredi Show

2022 Spring Schedule of Performers

April 6
Ashton Dupré Music
Pelican Park | Carencro

April 13
Clay Cormier & The Highway Boys
Pelican Park | Carencro

April 20
Colby Latiolais and AMBUSH
Pelican Park | Carencro

April 27
Country Roundup
Pelican Park | Carencro

May 4
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band Official Site
Pelican Park | Carencro

May 11
Jet Seven
Pelican Park | Carencro

May 18
High Performance Band

Lafayette Weekly

With funnel cakes and tilt-a-whirls a plenty, the Cajun Heartland State Fair also entertains the Hub City to live music. Local rock n’ blues... Read More

Sushi in Lafayette

Sushi: the Japanese delicacy has become accessible to everyone across the world and it’s easy to see why. Are you looking for a simple morsel of... 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

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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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