Looking for family fun this Independence Day? Well, you're in luck, because Southwest Louisiana is jam packed with Fourth of July festivities the entire family will enjoy.
The Great Acadian Awakening Music Festival is scheduled for the first weekend in October to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of what we now call our "Cajun" ancestors from the area known today as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Though it is not a written law ... the city of St. Martinville has banned "rap music with vulgar lyrics" from it's Mardi Gras parade. This has upset the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.
The 10th annual Cameron Fishing Festival is this weekend August 2nd, 3rd and 4th at the Cameron Jetty pier. This years festival boasts a big lineup of entertainment and great food with activities for the kids.
Here is the schedule of events:
The Buccaneers will be leaving the City of Lake Charles this Sunday and returning the command to Mayor Randy Roach thus ending Contraband Days 2013. Even though they made us walk the plank when they took over the city, I don't think they will walk the plank when the mayor takes over. Don't seem fair. But anyway there's still a big weekend of Contraband Days left and it's full of fun with great
Yes, for the next three Friday nights the Arts and Humanities Council of SWLA presents the second annual Live @ the Lakefront.The three Friday night lineup brings six different genres of music and opening the festival tonight will be City Heat and the Barbe Show Choir. Bes...