Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Orleans, LA (July 2025) — The NOLA Zydeco Festival is expanding its footprint and celebrating a milestone year. Now in its ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) — This weekend Zydeco music lovers are taking over the French Quarter to enjoy the sights and sounds of Nola Zydeco Fest. Co-founder of the festival, and CEO of Saint Josephine ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm ...

SCOTT, La. (KLFY) — Award-winning Zydeco musician Chubby Carrier visited French Immersion students in Scott to help them appreciate Louisiana’s Zydeco traditions. As a teaching artist with the ...

Houston, TX and Southwest LA (WGNO) — Juneteenth began 157 years ago in East Texas, as a celebration of freedom for people of color. Something that is just as big in East Texas today and Louisiana as ...

It was a crowded Mardi Gras weekend in Mamou — a town of a little under 3,000 people that receives thousands of additional visitors during one of the busiest seasons in south Louisiana. People flock ...