St. Landry Parish Tourism
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St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Cajun, Creole & Zydeco Music; Cajun & Creole Food; Cultural History
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Our goal is to develop and promote tourism within St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, the home of zydeco music as well as Cajun and Creole food, history, language, and traditions.
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Grammy-nominated recording artist and member of the band Sweet Cecilia, Laura Huval, performs en français here at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center. The song, "Dans la Louisiane" pays tribute to her home state.
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Grammy-nominated recording artist and member of the band Sweet Cecilia, Laura Huval, performs en français here at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center. The song, "Dans la Louisiane" pays tribute to her home state.
Self-taught artist Russell Whiting said he'd take care of the 1,200 pounds of steel that he sculpted into a statue of #creole and #cajun music trailblazer Amede' Ardoin. Whiting quietly provided his TLC today at the #StLandryParish Visitor Center.
August 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Self-taught artist Russell Whiting said he'd take care of the 1,200 pounds of steel that he sculpted into a statue of #creole and #cajun music trailblazer Amede' Ardoin. Whiting quietly provided his TLC today at the #StLandryParish Visitor Center.
Zydeco sensation Rusty Metoyer makes his debut as leader of the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 pm to 3 pm Saturday, Aug. 9 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23 in Opelousas. Metoyer, 33, and his band, Zydeco Krush, are one of the hottest acts on the zydeco circuit.
August 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Zydeco sensation Rusty Metoyer makes his debut as leader of the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 pm to 3 pm Saturday, Aug. 9 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23 in Opelousas. Metoyer, 33, and his band, Zydeco Krush, are one of the hottest acts on the zydeco circuit.
Make it a sweet summer in St. Landry Parish! From hand dipped chocolates to fresh-baked treats, and banana splits topped with whipped cream and sprinkles, there are plenty of sweets to try.
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Make it a sweet summer in St. Landry Parish! From hand dipped chocolates to fresh-baked treats, and banana splits topped with whipped cream and sprinkles, there are plenty of sweets to try.
Happy Birthday to Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco! He never received the recognition he truly deserved during his time alive, but his legacy has spread farther than many realize including to The Rolling Stones.
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy Birthday to Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco! He never received the recognition he truly deserved during his time alive, but his legacy has spread farther than many realize including to The Rolling Stones.
This article by Acadiana Profile includes a special crab cake recipe from Sanjay Maharaj, chef and owner of Little Big Cup, as well as insights into how the popular bayouside eatery came to be.
June 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This article by Acadiana Profile includes a special crab cake recipe from Sanjay Maharaj, chef and owner of Little Big Cup, as well as insights into how the popular bayouside eatery came to be.
"There, I would gather seeds among the strange flowers and waving grasses, and walk through one of North America’s most forgotten habitats, an ecosystem that has been almost completely decimated over the last century." #NativePlants #OnlyLouisiana
May 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"There, I would gather seeds among the strange flowers and waving grasses, and walk through one of North America’s most forgotten habitats, an ecosystem that has been almost completely decimated over the last century." #NativePlants #OnlyLouisiana
Gardeners rejoice! The Sunset Herb & Garden Festival is around the corner and makes @theadvocateaca.bsky.social's roundup of festivals and events. Get there early on Saturday to make sure you can find what you need! Plants tend to sell quickly.
April 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Gardeners rejoice! The Sunset Herb & Garden Festival is around the corner and makes @theadvocateaca.bsky.social's roundup of festivals and events. Get there early on Saturday to make sure you can find what you need! Plants tend to sell quickly.
Movie-goers that check out "Sinners," an American horror film set in 1932 directed by Ryan Coogler, may recognize a familiar face! Local zydeco musician and accordion master, Jeffery Broussard hits the silver screen, instrument in hand, in this horror thriller.
April 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Movie-goers that check out "Sinners," an American horror film set in 1932 directed by Ryan Coogler, may recognize a familiar face! Local zydeco musician and accordion master, Jeffery Broussard hits the silver screen, instrument in hand, in this horror thriller.
Creole fiddler, accordion builder and Eunice, Louisiana native, Ed Poullard has won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation's highest honor for folk and traditional artists. Congratulations to this legend!
April 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Creole fiddler, accordion builder and Eunice, Louisiana native, Ed Poullard has won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation's highest honor for folk and traditional artists. Congratulations to this legend!
Coming up before you know it the Sunset Herb & Garden Festival will be here on May 3rd. Find plants or local crafts, handmade yard art, and herbal bath and body products. There's even activities for the kids. Come out to the town of Sunset, Louisiana and have a good time!
April 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Coming up before you know it the Sunset Herb & Garden Festival will be here on May 3rd. Find plants or local crafts, handmade yard art, and herbal bath and body products. There's even activities for the kids. Come out to the town of Sunset, Louisiana and have a good time!
It's time for the shopping weekend you've been waiting for! The Semi-Annual Antique Fair is here in Washington, Louisiana! Friday-Sunday from 9am-5pm, explore 40,000 sq. ft. of the historic building and sprawling lawn filled with bargains, food vendors, and vintage items.
April 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's time for the shopping weekend you've been waiting for! The Semi-Annual Antique Fair is here in Washington, Louisiana! Friday-Sunday from 9am-5pm, explore 40,000 sq. ft. of the historic building and sprawling lawn filled with bargains, food vendors, and vintage items.
"I wanted a center where the older generation French-speaking Cajuns and Creoles could come and feel comfortable speaking their language and playing their music."
In rare interview, accordion building legend, Marc Savoy, details his love of music and his efforts to preserve the culture he loves.
In rare interview, accordion building legend, Marc Savoy, details his love of music and his efforts to preserve the culture he loves.
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I wanted a center where the older generation French-speaking Cajuns and Creoles could come and feel comfortable speaking their language and playing their music."
In rare interview, accordion building legend, Marc Savoy, details his love of music and his efforts to preserve the culture he loves.
In rare interview, accordion building legend, Marc Savoy, details his love of music and his efforts to preserve the culture he loves.
For everyone who has been waiting, the new Billy's Boudin & Cracklins in Opelousas is finally open!! Go get your boudin balls and cracklins!
You can win prizes when you eat local in #StLandryParish. Learn more here: cajuntravel.com/allons-mange...
You can win prizes when you eat local in #StLandryParish. Learn more here: cajuntravel.com/allons-mange...
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For everyone who has been waiting, the new Billy's Boudin & Cracklins in Opelousas is finally open!! Go get your boudin balls and cracklins!
You can win prizes when you eat local in #StLandryParish. Learn more here: cajuntravel.com/allons-mange...
You can win prizes when you eat local in #StLandryParish. Learn more here: cajuntravel.com/allons-mange...
We've added 51 more restaurants to our Allons Manger passport. Earn prizes and eat great food like this signature sandwich from Whitetails Krotz Springs. It's fresh shrimp, crab, and crawfish sauteed in a rich Cajun cream sauce and stuffed into a hot French loaf.
March 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We've added 51 more restaurants to our Allons Manger passport. Earn prizes and eat great food like this signature sandwich from Whitetails Krotz Springs. It's fresh shrimp, crab, and crawfish sauteed in a rich Cajun cream sauce and stuffed into a hot French loaf.
Amédé Ardoin, who was born on March 11 in 1898, is known as the father of zydeco and Cajun music as we know it today. His performances with Dennis McGee are some of the first recordings of our regional style of music. His descendants continue his musical legacy and his music continues to inspire.
March 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Amédé Ardoin, who was born on March 11 in 1898, is known as the father of zydeco and Cajun music as we know it today. His performances with Dennis McGee are some of the first recordings of our regional style of music. His descendants continue his musical legacy and his music continues to inspire.
Located at the meeting of Bayou Fuselier and Bayou Teche, the Little Big Cup is definitely a restaurant worth planning a trip around! @Southern_Living adds this beloved #StLandryParish bayouside eatery to its list of bucket list restaurants.
March 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Located at the meeting of Bayou Fuselier and Bayou Teche, the Little Big Cup is definitely a restaurant worth planning a trip around! @Southern_Living adds this beloved #StLandryParish bayouside eatery to its list of bucket list restaurants.
Joel Savoy's Faquetigue in Eunice and other rural Mardi Gras celebrations see national coverage when VICE correspondent Jackson Garrett gets whipped and muddy but passes a good time exploring the role these events play in community building and preserving tradition.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Joel Savoy's Faquetigue in Eunice and other rural Mardi Gras celebrations see national coverage when VICE correspondent Jackson Garrett gets whipped and muddy but passes a good time exploring the role these events play in community building and preserving tradition.
Last night, Creole music legend Mr. Goldman Thibodeaux passed away. His life was marked with the preservation of traditional Creole LaLa music, a house-dance style from rural #StLandryParish. LaLa is the precursor to zydeco and has its own sound.
February 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Last night, Creole music legend Mr. Goldman Thibodeaux passed away. His life was marked with the preservation of traditional Creole LaLa music, a house-dance style from rural #StLandryParish. LaLa is the precursor to zydeco and has its own sound.
Treat your loved ones to the best food in Louisiana right here in #StLandryParish. This is a Cat-touffée poboy from Toby's Lounge. It's delicious fried catfish topped with crawfish étouffée sprinkled with chives and white cheese. Here, you can also catch live local music!
February 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Treat your loved ones to the best food in Louisiana right here in #StLandryParish. This is a Cat-touffée poboy from Toby's Lounge. It's delicious fried catfish topped with crawfish étouffée sprinkled with chives and white cheese. Here, you can also catch live local music!
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When Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall closed in Opelousas in 2016, it represented an end of an era.
But that still begs the question: What happened to all the dance halls.
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#Zydeco #ZydecoNation #ZydecoMusic #SlimsYKiKi #Dancehalls
But that still begs the question: What happened to all the dance halls.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
zydecoonline.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
#Zydeco #ZydecoNation #ZydecoMusic #SlimsYKiKi #Dancehalls
February 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall closed in Opelousas in 2016, it represented an end of an era.
But that still begs the question: What happened to all the dance halls.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
zydecoonline.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
#Zydeco #ZydecoNation #ZydecoMusic #SlimsYKiKi #Dancehalls
But that still begs the question: What happened to all the dance halls.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
zydecoonline.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
#Zydeco #ZydecoNation #ZydecoMusic #SlimsYKiKi #Dancehalls
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Zydeco Nation! Our online store www.ZydecoShop.com is NOW OPEN!!!
Show your support for the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier by celebrating the Clifton Chenier Centennial by purchasing a commemorative centennial shirt. On June 25, 2025, Clifton Chenier will be 100 years old!!!
#CliftonChenier
Show your support for the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier by celebrating the Clifton Chenier Centennial by purchasing a commemorative centennial shirt. On June 25, 2025, Clifton Chenier will be 100 years old!!!
#CliftonChenier
February 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Zydeco Nation! Our online store www.ZydecoShop.com is NOW OPEN!!!
Show your support for the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier by celebrating the Clifton Chenier Centennial by purchasing a commemorative centennial shirt. On June 25, 2025, Clifton Chenier will be 100 years old!!!
#CliftonChenier
Show your support for the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier by celebrating the Clifton Chenier Centennial by purchasing a commemorative centennial shirt. On June 25, 2025, Clifton Chenier will be 100 years old!!!
#CliftonChenier
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Sid Williams is remembered for being an entrepreneur. The legendary El Sid O’s Zydeco Blues Club is where other zydeco legends such as Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin Dopsie, and Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Cha’s and Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers played.
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Zydeco legend Sydney ‘Sid’ Williams dies at 73
Sydney “Sid” Williams, longtime owner of El Sid O’s Zydeco and Blues Club and Sid’s One Stop died Sunday night. Williams was 73.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sid Williams is remembered for being an entrepreneur. The legendary El Sid O’s Zydeco Blues Club is where other zydeco legends such as Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin Dopsie, and Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Cha’s and Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers played.
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Legendary Creole and Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Joe Hall passed away suddenly on November 21, 2024. He and his band the Cane Cutters kept alive the French Creole musical tradition that he learned directly from creators Bois Sec Ardoin and Nolton Simien.
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Legendary Creole and Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Joe Hall passed away suddenly on November 21, 2024. He and his band the Cane Cutters kept alive the French Creole musical tradition that he learned directly from creators Bois Sec Ardoin and Nolton Simien.
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Rest Peacefully Mr. Sydney “Sid” Williams 🕊️
A true South Louisiana legendary Culture Bearer who opened his doors to thousands of Creole and Zydeco artists and kept Creole culture alive in his own unique way with El Sido’s Zydeco & Blues Club for over 30 years 💜💚💛.
A true South Louisiana legendary Culture Bearer who opened his doors to thousands of Creole and Zydeco artists and kept Creole culture alive in his own unique way with El Sido’s Zydeco & Blues Club for over 30 years 💜💚💛.
February 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Rest Peacefully Mr. Sydney “Sid” Williams 🕊️
A true South Louisiana legendary Culture Bearer who opened his doors to thousands of Creole and Zydeco artists and kept Creole culture alive in his own unique way with El Sido’s Zydeco & Blues Club for over 30 years 💜💚💛.
A true South Louisiana legendary Culture Bearer who opened his doors to thousands of Creole and Zydeco artists and kept Creole culture alive in his own unique way with El Sido’s Zydeco & Blues Club for over 30 years 💜💚💛.