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.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — May is coming to the end, and summer vacations are in full swing. But if you can’t hit the beach, there are still fantastic things to do in town…with Cajun-Zydeco music, fun runs, ...

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 ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

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, ...

The eighth annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival runs 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This year the event, another of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation’s community ...

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, ...

We're less than two weeks from the second annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, which takes place June 13-15 at the Old U.S. Mint and is being produced by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Lowcountry Cajun Festival is set to make its return this spring at James Island County Park, bringing a taste of Louisiana to the Lowcountry. Scheduled for ...

Zydeco's will ladle its last bowl of gumbo in December. The popular Cajun restaurant at 11 E. Main St. in Mooresville recently announced on Facebook that it has accepted an offer to sell the building ...