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Music & Nightlife

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Bal du Dimanche with Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse

by: Cal Editor

Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Road

1:00pm-4:00pm

Admission: $5

Dance the afternoon away with Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse at Vermilionville's weekly Sunday Dance. Refreshments will be available for this smoke-free all ages show at Vermilionville's Performance Center. Visit the calendar of events at vermilionville.org for more information. Bal du dimanche is held every Sunday. $5 admission is for dance only and does not include entry to the park.… [Event Website]

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Monday, May 6, 2013

27th Annual Zydeco Extravaganza

by: LCVC

Evangeline Downs Event Center - 2235 Creswell Lane, Opelousas

All Day

This annual event is a celebration of Opelousas being the home of Zydeco Music with live music, food and fun for the entire family! Music performances will feature some of our local Zydeco finest on both indoor and outdoor stages! Stay tuned for the lineup.

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Louisiana Crossroads presents The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

by: LCVC

101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette, LA 70501

7:30-10 p.m.

Admission: $30, $25, $20

Louisiana Crossroads presents The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Dirty Dozen Brass Band seamlessly blends R&B, jazz, funk, Afro-Latino grooves and some Caribbean flavor, embodying the spirit of South Louisiana music. The Black Crowes and Widespread Panic have taken them on tour. Dizzy Gillespie, Elvis Costello and Norah Jones have joined them in the studio. From appearances at Madison Square Garden to on-screen cameos in the HBO series Treme - we're proud to bring you the preeminent Brass Band in the world, with a few very special lo… [Event Website]

2013 State of the Economy

by: Cal Editor

Cajundome Convention Center

12:00pm

Admission: $45, $395

2013 State of the Economy ABiz presents its annual State of the Lafayette Economy Report with Lafayette Economic Development Authority CEO Gregg Gothreaux. To receive event updates via email, please sign up for our VIP Event Mailing List. For more details contact Robin Hebert at robinh@theind.com or by phone at 337.769.8603.… [Event Website]

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Friday, May 10, 2013

Louisiana Crossroads presents The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

by: Cal Editor

Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion Road

7:30pm-10:00pm

Admission: $30, $25, $20

Louisiana Crossroads presents The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Dirty Dozen Brass Band seamlessly blends R&B, jazz, funk, Afro-Latino grooves and some Caribbean flavor, embodying the spirit of South Louisiana music. The Black Crowes and Widespread Panic have taken them on tour. Dizzy Gillespie, Elvis Costello and Norah Jones have joined them in the studio. From appearances at Madison Square Garden to on-screen cameos in the HBO series Treme - we're proud to bring you the preeminent Brass Band in the world, with a few very special lo… [Event Website]

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!

Music & Nightlife

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Canoe Paddle

by: Cal Editor

Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Road

8:30am-11:00am

Admission: $5

The community is invited to take a canoe trip on the Bayou Vermilion. $5 insurance fee to American Canoe Association for a canoe or bring your own canoe or kayak and paddle for free. Canoe trips are held every second and last Saturday of the month weather and river conditions permitting. Please RSVP in advance by emailing rec&ed@bayouvermiliondistrict.org or calling (337… [Event Website]

Cajun Jam

by: Cal Editor

Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Road

1:00pm-3:30pm

Admission: Free

Join Vermilionville for their weekly Cajun Jam led by some of the areas finest musicians. The free jam is held in the Performance Center of Vermilionville and is open to all skill levels-beginner to professional. Free admission is for jam only and does not include entry to the park. For more info on the jam host visit the events calendar at vermilionville.org. Special thanks to the Cajun French Music Association for sponsoring our weekly jams!… [Event Website]

Rendez-vous des Cajuns: Ellis Vanicor & The Lacassine Playboys

by: Cal Editor

Liberty Theater, 200 W. Park Ave., Eunice

6:00pm

Admission: $5

The "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" show is performed live every Saturday night at the historic Liberty Theater in downtown Eunice, LA. Best described as the "Cajun Grand Old Opry" the family-friendly show features an emcee who hosts the show in Cajun French and a dance floor where people can dance to the music of Cajun bands performing live in the restored 1924 vaudeville house. For more information call (Monday thru Friday) 337-457-7389 or go to www.eunice-la.com.… [Event Website]

Music & Market Spring Series

by: LCVC

Courthouse Square, 118 South Court Street, Opelousas

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Admission: Free

This event, held every Friday, features live music in a unique family-friendly outdoor setting. Also, Music & Market will spotlight a vegetable and/or agriculture commodity. Samples will be available. Lawn chairs are welcome. Ice chests will not be allowed.

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tour

by: LCVC

1905 Verot School Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: Deluxe Tour $130 for 2pp

Bayou Cruise & Culture Tours. All in one cajun immersion Tour. All Day, Everything Included, One Price. Tour 2 Historical Museums, Luxury Bayou Cruise, Cajun Dance Lessons, Crawfish Peeling Lessons, Live Accordion Playing, Boudin and Beer On the Bayou. Visit a Swamp Habitat and see ALLIGATORS. Everything you could want in one package!!
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