EVENTS
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Breaux Bridge Mardi Gras Artwalk
Downtown Historic District & other participting venues
10 am to 4 pm
Saturday, February 2, 2008
La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns
Magnolia Park, St. Martinville
Cajun & Zydeco Bands, Food, Crafts & More
Visit here for more information.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park's Mardi Gras Parade
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Visitors are invited to enjoy the Mardi gras parade, float decorating and mask making. For more information call 888-677-7200 toll free or 229-4764 locally.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Henderson Mardi Gras Parade
Henderson, LA
12:30 pm
Parade starts at Picard's Auto Parts and ends at Henry Guidry Memorial Park. Music and concessions until 5:00 pm, following parade in Henry Guidry Memorial Park. Call Gail at 337-280-2579 or Town Hall at 337-228-7109 for more information and applications.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Mardi Gras Newcomer’s Parade
Main St., St Martinville
1:00 pm
Parade will travel down Hwy31 (Main Street), starting at St. Martinville Senior High School, ending at Main Street and Denier Street. For more information please contact:
Parade Chairperson Marie Etienne 337-394-6114
Clara Batiste 337-380-6031
Dorothy Ledet 337-394-6271
Danielle Fontenette at 337-394-2230.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
African American Museum's Annual Jazz Brunch & Silent Auction
Clambeaugh's Restaurant, St. Martinville, LA
Music by John Potier & Something Like That featuring Patsy Bienvenu
Fundraiser to support Every Child in School, Goree's Education Fund
(St. Martinville's Sister City)
Brunch Tickets $15.00, for more information call 337-394-2230 or
337-394-6511
MUSIC
Angelle's Whiskey River Landing, Henderson
February 3 @ 4:00 pm - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
and Balfa Toujours
Atchafalaya Club, Henderson
February 2 - Mardi Gras Mambo featuring Nik-L-Beer
February 3 @ 6:00 pm - Steve Riley
Cafe Des Amis, Breaux Bridge
Wednesday Night Acoustic, 7:00 pm, Saturday Morning Zydeco Breakfast opens at 7:30 am
February 2 @ 8:30 am - Lil Nathan
February 9 @ 8:30 am - Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
February 13 @ 7:00 pm - Cypress Bottom Boys
February 16 @ 8:30 am - Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet
February 20 @ 7:00 pm - Easy Street Duo
February 23 @ 8:30 am - Leon Chavis
February 27 @ 7:00 pm - Nouveau String Band w/Marce Lacouture
The Coffee Break, Breaux Bridge
Pont Breaux Cajun Jam, every Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Crawfish Town USA, Henderson
2nd Saturday of each month @ 8:00 pm
February 9 @ 8 pm - Corey Ledet
Creole Zydeco Club, Henderson
La Poussiere Dance Hall, Breaux Bridge
Cajun Music Every Saturday Evening and Sunday Afternoon
Saturday nights 7 pm to 11 pm - Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys
Sunday afternoons 3 pm to 7 pm - Jackie Callier & the Cajun Cousins
Also the following dates, open to the public
February 1 @ 7:00 pm - Krewe de Canaille Mardi Gras Dance featuring
The Berard Family Band
February 4 @ 7:00 pm - CFMA Mardi Gras Dance featuring
Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys
Mcgee's Landing, Henderson
(Bands every Sunday afternoon from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm)
Mulate's Restaurant, Breaux Bridge
Cajun Music Nightly at 7:00 pm; Weekends Lunch at 12:00 pm
February 1 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 2 @ 12:00 noon - Jay Cormier
February 2 @ 7:00 pm - Kira Viator
February 3 @ 12:00 noon - Jay Cormier
February 3 @ 7:00 pm - Jamin Cajuns
February 4 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 5 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 6 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 7 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 8 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 9 @ 12:00 noon - Jay Cormier
February 9 @ 7:00 pm - Kevin Naquin
February 10 @ 12:00 noon - Jay Cormier
February 10 @ 7:00 pm - Cajun Boogie
February 11 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 12 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 13 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 14 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 15 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 16 @ 12:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 16 @ 7:00 pm - Jason Frey
February 17 @ 12:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 17 @ 7:00 pm - Huval Family Band
February 18 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 19 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 20 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 21 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 22 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 23 @ 12:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 23 @ 7:00 pm - Tony Thibodeaux
February 24 @ 12:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 24 @ 7:00 pm - Cajun Boogie
February 25 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 26 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 27 @ 7:00 pm - Jay Cormier
February 28 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
February 29 @ 7:00 pm - Lee Benoit
NuNu's @ Town Market, Arnaudville
February 1 @ 8:30 pm - Lost Bayou Ramblers
February 2 @ 8:30 pm - Pine Leaf Boys
February 3 - Mardi Gras Brunch
Joe Hall & Louisiana Cane Cutters
Jesse Leger & Friends
Teche Theater, St. Martinville
February 1 - Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band
w/special guest Michael Juan Nunez
February 2 - Jeremy & The Zydeco Hot Boyz
February 3 - Six String Rodeo (Doors Open at 3:00 PM)
Also appearing Steve Grisaffe and Drew Landry
Tom's Fiddle & Bow, Arnaudville
Weekly Acoustic Music Jam every Sunday, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
STATE PARKS
Fridays, Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville - Vivre la Difference, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Learn the many differences between the Acadians and the French Creoles of Louisiana's colonial period. For more information call 888-677-2900 toll free or 394-3754 locally.
Feb 2, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, St. Martinville -
Mardi Gras Parade, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Visitors are invited to enjoy the Mardi gras parade, float decorating and mask making. For more information call 888-677-7200 toll free or 229-4764 locally.
Feb 16, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, St. Martinville -
Park Slide Program, 2 - 3 p.m. Enjoy a slide show featuring the park's various programs, facilities, plants, animals, trails and waterways. For more information call 888-677-7200 toll free or 229-4764 locally.
Feb 20, Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville - Plantation Day, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors will learn how to interpret plantation crafts and daily life on a sugar plantation of the early 1800s. For more information call 888-677-2900 toll free or 394-3754 locally.
Feb 23, Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville -
The Vigilantes, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visitors will learn about the time period, from 1850 up to the Civil War, when small Acadian Farmers were being pushed off their lands by bands of vigilantes made up of wealthier Creoles and Les Americans. For more information call 888-677-2900 toll free or 394-3754 locally.
MEETINGS
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