Events
Reservations are strongly recommended, especially during holidays & festivals. (See calendar below.) We also have special celebrations here at the resort for Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, & Halloween. Come join us and “pass a good time!”
January:
New Year’s Celebrations – Lafayette and surrounding towns
February:
Bayou Ramble Antique Show & Sale BRASS – Opelousas, last full weekend in February
Mardi Gras In Cajun Country!
(Lafayette & surrounding parishes)
Mardi Gras is the day before Ash Wednesday, usually in February or March. (March 4, 2014)
Count on many activities throughout the 2 weekends and week preceding the final “Fat Tuesday” parades and festivities.
Lafayette’s Le Festival de Mardi Gras is second only to New Orleans. (Lafayette’s celebrations, in contrast to those of New Orleans, are very family-oriented and safe).
Small towns (Carencro, Church Point, Eunice, Mamou, Ville Platte, Elton, Scott) throughout Acadiana celebrate with Les Courirs des Mardi Gras, a rural Mardi Gras run based on the “beggars’ feast” of medieval France.
La Grande Boucherie (BOO shar ee) – St. Martinville, Sunday before Mardi Gras
March:
Downtown Alive! (street festival – food, live entertainment) – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Azalea Trail – Lafayette
Audubon Pilgrimage – St. Francisville
World Championship Etouffee Cookoff – Eunice
“Here’s the Beef” Cook-Off – Opelousas
LA Beef, Rice and Gravy Cook-Off – Lafayette
Cajun Music Festival – Eunice, 2nd Sunday after Easter
April:
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Cajun Music Festival – Eunice, 2nd Sunday after Easter
Festival International de Louisiane – Lafayette, last full weekend (& W, Th, F evenings before)
International Cajun Joke-Tellin’ Contest – Opelousas
May:
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival – Breaux Bridge, 1st full weekend in May
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
St. Martin de Tours May Day – St. Martinville
Celebration of Herbs and Gardens – Sunset
Bunk Johnson Jazz Festival – New Iberia, mid-May
Zydeco Extravaganza – Lafayette, Sunday before Memorial Day Cajun Heartland State Fair – Lafayette
June:
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Mamou Cajun Music Festival – Mamou, Friday & Saturday of the first full weekend in June
Church Point Buggy Festival – Church Point
July:
Independence-Day Celebrations – Various venues, 4th of July
Mulate’s Accordion Festival – Breaux Bridge, 4th of July
Summer Cultural Arts Series – Lafayette
August:
Delcambre Shrimp Festival – Delcambre, 3rd weekend
“Le Cajun” Cajun French Music Festival – Lafayette, 3rd weekend
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival – Plaisance/Opelousas, Saturday before Labor Day
September:
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Mamou Cajun Music Festival – Mamou
Rayne Frog Festival – Rayne
Creole Zydeco Festival – St. Martinville, Sunday of the 1st full weekend
Festivals Acadiens – Lafayette, 3rd full weekend
Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival & Fair – New Iberia, last full weekend
October:
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Roberts Cove Germanfest – Roberts Cove
Mamou Zydeco and Blues Festival – Mamou, 1st Friday and Saturday
Louisiana Cattle Festival & Fair – Abbeville
Cajun Heritage & Music Festival – Lafayette
Eunice Prairie Cajun Folklife Festival – Eunice, 3rd weekend
Louisiana Cotton Festival – Ville Platte
International Rice Festival – Crowley
Louisiana Yambilee – Opelousas
November:
Downtown Alive! – Lafayette, Friday evenings
Celebration of the Giant Omelette – Abbeville, 1st Sunday
Acadiana Culinary Classic – Lafayette, first weekend
The Great Chili Challenge – New Iberia, 2nd Saturday
Cracklin Festival – Port Barre
December:
Jesus is the reason for the season!
A Cajun & Creole Christmas – Lafayette & surrounding parishes, all month
Noel Acadian au Village – Lafayette, Acadian Village, December 1st until Christmas Eve
Les Chandelles de Noel – Lafayette, Vermillionville
Safari of Lights (lights, activities) – Zoo of Acadiana, Broussard
Festival of Lights – Lafayette, Oil Center, 1st Friday
Cajun Christmas Bayou Parade Breaux Bridge – 1st full weekend Iberia Parish Christmas Trail
Iberia Parish Area / New Iberia – month-long
Les Lumieres du Village d’Abbeville Abbeville – Starts Friday after Thanksgiving
St. Lucy Festival of Lights – St. Martinville, Sunday before Dec. 13
Festival of Grand Coteau – Grand Coteau
Heart of Louisiana Trail of Lights – Lafayette, Abbeville
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