Festivals Acadiens et Créoles

Come help us celebrate our heritage Oct. 14-16 at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the largest Cajun and Creole festival in the world in the number one Food City in the U.S. Lafayette was recently named "Best Food City" by Rand McNally and USA Today and Festivals weekend is a great time to see for yourself why Lafayette deserves this title. The area's best restaurants and caterers showcase their specialties at the festival - try alligator sausage poboys, shrimp and grits, cochon de lait wraps, crawfish enchiladas and beignets for starters. The festival kicks off Oct. 14 with a new event - the Friday Fais do do in Girard Park - featuring a line-up that includes Geno Delafose, Jo-El Sonnier and Bruce Daigrepont. The festival continues through the weekend with the best in Cajun and Creole music, including performances by GRAMMY Award winning musicians, workshops and jam sessions. In addition to music and food, Festivals Acadiens features the Louisiana Crafts Fair, which presents traditional and contemporary artisans demonstrating and selling fine crafts. In recent years, Festivals Acadiens has added programming including a dancehall tent and a food demonstration tent that presents area chefs, home cooks and others demonstrating how some of your favorite dishes get from the field to the table. Always thinking of ways to enhance the festival-goers' experience, this year's addition is the Sports Tent, where you can watch your favorite team, catch up on the scores or check out the New Orleans Saints while dancing a two-step!  Click here for more information.