For more than 40 years, BeauSoleil bandleader Michael Doucet has been carrying on a musical tradition that once was in danger of extinction. When he started studying and playing Cajun music in the ...

EVANGELINE PARISH — "It is a unique festival, we celebrate our traditional Cajun music,” says volunteer TJ Landreneau—and the memories are everywhere you look. Preparations are underway for this ...

One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the Cajun bands and danced along to the tunes of the 38th annual Cajun Music and Food Festival. Chloe Craner says she is the youngest ...

Lou Lou Food and Drink is hosting a Fat Tuesday celebration featuring authentic Cajun cuisine and live music. Guests can ...

Born in Church Point in 1929, Ellis Vanicor's Cajun sound would become indelibly linked with a little community smack in the middle of Jennings and Lake Charles — Lacassine. A self-taught fiddler, ...

In a salute to the Cajun and Creole traditions, the Colorado Friends of Cajun and Zydeco Music and Dance are presenting the Louisiana Creole Celebration, a two-day festival at Swallow Hill Music ...

Swamp in the City returns May 7–10, 2026 to Red Hook with 4 days of Cajun & Creole music, dancing, food, and Louisiana spirit on Brooklyn’s waterfront.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, ...