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, ...

Though Linzay Young has called Ohio home since 2021, his small-town Southwest Louisiana roots remain central to his identity.

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...

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 ...

On Sunday’s episode of 60 MINUTES, correspondent Jon Wertheim visited southwest Louisiana, where the sounds of Cajun and Zydeco music – long the soundtrack in this singular pocket of America – are ...

Chez La Fete and Parc Putnam, Lafayette, 11:30 a.m. LIVE MUSIC: Cane River Pecan Company Pie Bar, New Iberia, 5 p.m. BURRIS: Adopted Dog Brewing, Lafayette, 6 p.m. JACK WOODSON: Charley G's Seafood ...

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 ...

When Council for the Development of French in Louisiana Chairman James Domengeaux and a group of academics, activists and musicians decided to throw a concert celebrating Cajun music and culture in ...

JEFF DAVIS PARISH, La. (KPLC) - A legendary Southwest Louisiana Cajun musician died Sunday at age 96. Fiddler Ellis Vanicor founded his band, Ellis Vanicor and the Lacassine Playboys, in the 1940s and ...

Lafayette's weekend events include the Jr. Beta Convention at the Cajundome and a comedy show at the Heymann Center. NUNU Arts and Culture Collective will host a "Stop, Shop & Stroll" event for local ...