Patrons dance as a live band performs at Buck & Johnny’s in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Acadiana, often called Cajun Country, is a 14,500-square-mile region in southern Louisiana, a couple of hours’ ...

Cajun food is fairly mainstream — and gumbo, jambalaya and bread pudding can be found on restaurant menus nationwide. But one dish – gravy – has remained something of a hidden gem of Louisiana. And ...

Since 1972, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles has been serving up the best of Cajun culture to an amassing fan base. The annual festival, held in Lafayette’s Girard Park, delivers a zestful combination of ...

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 ...

Rhonda Thompson carries on her mom's passion for art by creating Cajun Clementine, an art mix of Louisiana and cajun culture "I’ve met a lot of people along the way that encourage me besides my mom ...

Aromatic and addictive, like tasty Old Bay, Cajun seasoning is almost universal in its applicability. You can sprinkle it on French fries, mix it into a creamy Alfredo sauce, or even blitz it with ...

Cajun music is rooted in the songs and fiddle tunes of the Acadians—French speakers who migrated from France to Canada in the seventeenth century, and from Canada to Louisiana in the eighteenth ...

I was not born in Lafayette but Lafayette raised me. I was meant to be here. My childhood in this town came by way of Providence and, like all good things that come to many of us, through the fervent ...

Barry Ancelet, then 23 and a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student, was plenty worried on a stormy night at Blackham Coliseum 50 years ago this day. Stakes were high. Assigned to work at the ...

With more than 40 million visitors recorded in 2024, Louisiana draws domestic and international tourists in droves thanks to its rich cultural heritage, scenic swamps, and thriving seafood scene. To ...