October 11-13, 2024 | Girard Park | Lafayette, LA

The Festivals Today
The Festivals’ events have continued to evolve, both on their own and together. The three grew first to become two-day and now three-day events. In 1980, CODOFIL’s annual Tribute to Cajun Music, which had already moved to the other side of Girard Park to accommodate growing crowds, was renamed the Festival de Musique Acadienne/Cajun Music Festival. Sponsorship of the music festival passed on to the Lafayette Jaycees who had already become involved in Festivals Acadiens through the Bayou Food Festival and the Acadiana Fair & Trade Show. The Bayou Food Festival moved outdoors to make dancing and eating available in the same place. The Heritage Pavilion, the Atelier Stage, the Anniversary Stage, and the Jam Ça! Cajun & Créole Music Jam were added. The Louisiana Crafts Guild now produces the Louisiana Craft Fair in Girard Park.

In 2007, Festivals Acadiens developed a community board and became an independent non-profit corporation. In 2008, the co-op officially changed its name to Festivals Acadiens et Créoles in order to more accurately reflect the cultures that have always been the focus of all components. Since their foundations in the early 1970s, all three components have consistently championed creative cultural continuity. Organizers strive to present the current state of the culture through performances that can range from thoughtful preservation to daring innovation, from the oldest ballads to the latest in experimental Cajun music and zydeco, from traditional gumbos to crawfish eggrolls, from historical wooden boats to innovative multi-media folk art. And the Cajun and Creole musicians, cooks and craftsmen and women who participate in this annual event continue to invest themselves in what most rightly consider their own festivals, a self-celebration of Cajun and Creole culture.

for the long list of artistst with exact time and place view
https://festivalsacadiens.com/music-and-events/lineup/