New Orleans, LA (July 2025) — The NOLA Zydeco Festival is expanding its footprint and celebrating a milestone year. Now in its fifth year, the festival is moving to Heritage Park in Slidell, Louisiana ...

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 ...

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — The Opelousas Museum unveiled a Zydeco exhibit on Friday, August 8, showcasing the vibrant culture and history of Zydeco music. The exhibit features the work of photographer ...

One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to celebrate royalty: Clifton Chenier, the ...

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

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 ...

“The King at 100: Clifton Chenier” debuts Friday, April 25, in the Grandstand at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The exhibition presents the visual and musical story of Chenier’s life.

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...