Student Groups

Lafayette Parish is a truly unique destination for student groups. Experience its vibrant living history through traditional cuisine, music, and warm hospitality. Whether captivated by cultural heritage, the lively culinary scene, the French language, or the rhythms of Cajun and Zydeco music, your student group will leave with an experience of a lifetime.

Student Groups Guide

Lafayette Parish is a truly unique destination for student groups. Experience its vibrant living history through traditional cuisine, music, and warm hospitality at the guide below.

Education with Curriculum

Discover education with curriculum programing, lesson plans, and STEM/STEAM below.

Performance Venues

Discover performance spaces for you and tour student group below.

Musical Attractions

Discover the many musical attractions for your group below.

Major Festivals

Discover the perfect festival for your student group below.

Festivals Acadiens et Creoles

For 50 years 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…

Inspiration Journal

Lafayette's blog showcasing the food, music, culture and history at the heart of Cajun & Creole Country.

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Cajun Music

Cajun music is a central component and marker of Cajun identity and culture in southwestern Louisiana. Largely accordion and fiddle-based and primarily sung in vernacular French…

December Events Spotlight

If you're looking to spend some time in the heart of Louisiana's Cajun and Creole Country and want to know what events are happening, you're in the right place!…

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.

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