Fall in Lafayette

Lafayette is a destination that’s worth a visit any time of year. Fall is especially beautiful for spending time outdoors, with nature trails and cypress bayous waiting to be explored. Fall is also filled with events and festivals celebrating everything from blackpot cooking to local haunts, brews, and modern films. The season’s biggest event is Festival Acadiens et Créoles, where our local culture shines with three days of authentic music, dancing, art, and food. Need even more inspiration to visit Lafayette during the fall? Check out our Fall Guide to Lafayette below and plan your fall getaway to the Happiest City in America and register for a chance to win a getaway to Lafayette, LA!

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Fall Guide

Check out our Fall Guide to Lafayette below and start planning your winter getaway to the Happiest City in America.

Brunch

In Lafayette, we are natural-born brunchers. There’s no shortage of brunch options in Lafayette with each restaurant…

Plate Lunch Paradise

Over 50 locations to choose from serving up a meat, a gravy-covered starch, a pair of vegetable sides, and a simple…

Gumbo

Gumbo is what your momma made, a definition that assures that there are as many different types of gumbos as there are…

Fall Trip Ideas

Inspiration Journal

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

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Gumbo

It’s no oversimplification to say that until my twenties, there was no concept of gumbo in my life other than what my mom made. This is not a pointed literary exaggeration…

Lafayette Weekly

There’s so much great local music to catch in the first week of October. Cajun and zydeco icon Horace Trahan opens up through story and song this Thursday at the Acadiana…

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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