Marc Savoy is a Louisiana legend not only in Eunice but around the world. He has dedicated his life to preserving the Cajun culture through making instruments, holding jam sessions and maintaining a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...

Decades ago, if people wanted to hear Cajun or Zydeco music, they had to go to a dancehall or a bar, or they heard it at home. It was not until Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the original and largest ...

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 ...

August 15th marked a meaningful day across Acadiana as communities gathered to celebrate National Acadian Day, honoring the descendants of French settlers who were exiled from Canada in the 18th ...

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 ...

Louisiana's Cajun Country is one of the most unique areas of the United States. It's officially called Acadiana, after the French-speaking Acadians, or Cajuns, who settled there after being exiled ...

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, ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - All day Saturday, Southwest Louisiana let the good time roll at the annual Cajun Music and Food Festival. “It started as a small organization here in Lake Charles and it’s ...

Jourdan Thibodeaux, who has been hailed as the future of Cajun music, will perform today and Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Courtesy photo The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, ...