ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

New Orleans, LA (July 2025) — The NOLA Zydeco Festival is expanding its footprint and celebrating a milestone year. Now in its fifth year, the festival is moving to Heritage Park in Slidell, Louisiana ...

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL THEME IS "PA KASE," LERITAGE DE ZARIKO — "UNBROKEN," THE LEGACY OF ZYDECO. WHAT DOES THAT THEME MEAN TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY? A1: The theme "Unbroken" is powerful because it ...

Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community.

NOLA Zydeco Fest is celebrating five years with a special kickoff event at Palmettos on the Bayou in Slidell.The festival’s milestone season will begin with a Zydeco Sunday Funday featuring live music ...

The live music options in New Orleans this week include a free Cajun and zydeco festival and one of the most acclaimed new jazz singers in the country. SATURDAY-SUNDAY The 2025 Louisiana Cajun & ...

For everyone else, Aug. 30-31 is Labor Day weekend. For zydeco music fans, these are holy days of festival obligation. Seismic cultural shifts take root that weekend. St. Landry Parish and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Thursday marks the beginning of the 55th annual Jazz and Heritage Festival! Appearing at the Fair Grounds ...

Home to 400 festivals, Louisiana hosts events that celebrate everything except divorces and pregnancy tests. Just wait a minute — that’ll change. Yet for every successful good time, there’s a First ...

Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. The Jazz and Heritage Foundation’s free music festival moves to an afternoon and early evening ...