Music & More

Grand Coteau

Live Music Venues

Catahoula's Restaurant - Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Live Jazz and Blues music on occasion.

The Chimes – St. Charles Chapel, Church Street Music on Sundays at 7:30 a.m.

Opelousas

Live Music Venues

Slim's Y-Ki-Ki Club – 8471 Louisiana Highway 167 (North) World renowned club with a long Zydeco history. It features live Zydeco music and dancing. Also made famous by the dance scene from the movie, Passion Fish. Established 1947.

The Delta Grand – 120 South Market Street Live Cajun and other music.

Opelousas Area

Live Music Venues

B & B Ranch – Lawtell Zydeco dance hall.

Bourque's Club – Lewisburg Live Cajun music and dancing on weekends.

Roy Carrier's Offshore Lounge – Lawtell A rustic Zydeco dance hall.

Frank's Ranch – U. S. Highway 190, Lawtell Considered to have some of the best Zydeco music in the area.

Richard's Club – 11178 U.S. Highway 190, Lawtell One of the most famous rural Zydeco clubs in southwest Louisiana. Features live Zydeco music and a large dance floor on weekends. There is also a large, outdoor Zydeco extravaganza on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Celebrating over fifty years of operation, Richard's has been labeled the Grand Ole Opry of Zydeco.

Taylor's Lounge – 1792 Main Highway, Arnaudville

Teche Lounge – 1033 Neblett Street, Arnaudville Live music on occasion.

Washington

Live Music Venues

Willie's Campground Tavern – Louisiana Highway 10 Owners Willie and Mike Nelson serve up Country and Swamp Pop music twice a week in a rustic venue with a friendly atmosphere and clientele.

Rayne

Live Music Venues

B. J.'s Lounge – North Polk Street Live Cajun music and dancing.

The Quarter Pole – 1403 Quarter Pole Road Live music occasionally.

Shannon's – 1314 The Boulevard

Church Point

Live Music Venues

Saddle Tramp Riding Club – 1036 East Ebey Street Weekly Cajun music jam sessions.

Eunice

Live Music Venues

The Liberty Center – 200 West Park Avenue Home to the nationally known “Rendez-Vous des Cajuns” radio and television show and featuring live Cajun and Zydeco music and dancing.

Dup's Lounge - Louisiana Highway 13 (north) Rustic Cajun dance hall that was formerly a feed store. Features live Cajun music and dancing on weekends.

Eunice Area

Live Music Venues

Savoy' Music Center - U. S. Highway 190 (East) Famous music shop owned by Marc and Ann Savoy that holds live Cajun music 'jam sessions' for locals and visitors on Saturday mornings and often including the “Who's Who” of traditional Cajun music.

D. I.'s Restaurant – Louisiana Highway 97 (South) Live Cajun music (bands and jams) and dancing Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.

Roadhouse – Basile

The Club – Basile

Da Office Live Cajun music

Mamou

Live Music Venues

Mamou Civic Center – 98 Main Street Traditional Cajun music festival on various occasions.

Fred's Lounge – 420 Sixth Street World renown bar and dance hall (“This is not a dance hall. Dance at your own risk!”) for over forty years featuring live Cajun music on Saturday mornings, a Cajun tradition in rural Acadiana. The music is broadcast live on KVPI. Established in 1946 by Fred Tate.

Brass Rail Lounge - 416 Sixth Street Live Cajun and other music on Saturday afternoons.

Nitecap Lounge – 414 Sixth Street Live music on occasions.

Casanova Bar – 412 Sixth Street Live music on occasions.

Ville Platte

Live Music Venues

Cajun Swamp Dance Hall – 2162 West Main Street A local bar with a large dance floor and featuring live Cajun and Swamp Pop music.

Kernie's – Tate Cove Road (Louisiana Highway 1171) Popular local dance hall with live Cajun music on weekends.