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The heart of Louisiana’s Cajun & Creole Country has a distinct personality, known for food, family, and fun, and it’s no different when it comes to collegiate sports. Lafayette, LA, is home to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin Cajuns, which hosts football, baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, and other collegiate sports. Voted the best collegiate team nickname by ESPN, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns embody family fun that’s worth checking out. Check out the upcoming sports schedule for the Ragin Cajuns.
Lafayette's blog showcasing the food, music, culture and history at the heart of Cajun & Creole Country.
See All PostsA weekly curated playlist by local musician Philippe Billeaudeaux featuring music by Lafayette, LA musicians with a weekly rundown of live music happening in and around the area…
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…
A relatively recent invention, the bellows-driven, vibrating reed squeezebox known as the accordion, was first manufactured in Germany and later in Russia in the 1820s. It is…
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!…
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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