Ready for some dancing? Here's the Festivals Acadiens 2022 live music schedule
Pull out your dancing shoes and your favorite outfit, Festivals Acadiens is back for the fall season. This almost 50 year-old festival made its first return since COVID cancellations in the spring of this year. Now the festival will return to its traditional October welcoming cool weather and great times for all.
“Ensemble encore, ensemble toujours! This year’s edition of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles continues the theme of the March make-up event, the joy of coming together again in this 48th year, in the hopes that we will long be able to continue gathering to celebrate our culture, our music, our cuisine and our arts,” said Barry Ancelet, Board President of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles.
“The recent isolation that we all endured caused many of us to consider what we value in our lives. And we find that one of the things we value most in our way of life is the joy we experience when we can get together to celebrate what makes us dance, what makes us laugh, what makes us happy, what gives us the frissons. And we want to share all of that with those who come to visit — our friends and neighbors from near and far, including our cousins from Acadie. Together again, together always!”
The three-day festival will kick off with the ceremonial cutting of boudin on Friday, October 14. The official pin and poster will be revealed at the Hilliard Art Museum’s Fall Opening on September 9 at 6 pm. The festival will take place at Girard Park in Lafayette.
The 2022 lineup:
Friday, October 14, 2022
Scène Ma Louisiane
5 pm- Festival opening and the official cutting of the boudin
5:30-6:45 p.m. Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
7-8:30 p.m. Wayne Toups & ZydeCajun
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Scène Ma Louisiane
10:30-11:30 a.m. Forest Huval Band
11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
1-2 p.m. La Patente (Acadie)
2:15-3:15 p.m. Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys
3:30-4:30 p.m. Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours
4:45-6 p.m. Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
6:16-7:45 p.m. Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs
Scène Mon Heritage
10:45-11:45 a.m. The Daiquiri Queens
12-1 p.m. Wayne Singleton & Same Ol' Two Step
1:15-2:15 p.m. Corey Ledet Zydeco
2:30-3:30 p.m. Chris Ardoin
3:45-4:45p.m. Feufollet
5-6:30 p.m. Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws
Scène La Salle de Danse
10:30-11:30 a.m. Savoy Family Band
11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. Kyle Huval & the Dixie Club Ramblers
1-2 p.m. Has Beans
2:15-3:15 p.m. Jesse Lége
3:30-4:30 p.m. Blake Miller & the Old-Fashioned Aces
4:45-6 p.m. Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
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Scène Atelier
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lafayette Mardi Gras Indians: Folklife Award
12:45-1:45 p.m. Finding Amédé Ardoin: Research into his Life and Legacy
2-3 p.m. T'Monde
3:15-4:15 p.m. Creole Fiddle Workshop w/ Cedric Watson, Jeffery Broussard & Johnathan Druilhet
4:30-5:45 p.m. The Magnolia Sisters
Jam Ça!
11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Blake Miller & Angelle Aces
1-2:30 p.m. Forest Huval
3:15-4:15 p.m. Corey Ledet
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Sunday, October 16, 2022
Scène Ma Louisiane
10:30-11:30 a.m. The Potluck Band
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
1:00-2 p.m. Lost Bayou Ramblers
2:15-3:15 p.m. Lafayette Rhythm Devils
3:30-4:30 p.m. Joe Hall and the Louisiana Cane Cutters
4:45-5:45 p.m. The Revelers
6-7:30 p.m. Bonsoir, Catin w/special guest Eric Adcock
Scène Mon Heritage
10:45-11:45 a.m. Huval-Fuselier Cajun Band
12-1 p.m. Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys
1:15-2:15 p.m. Donny Broussard & the Louisiana Stars
2:30-3:30 p.m. Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express
3:45-4:45p.m. Pine Leaf Boys
5-6:30 p.m. Lil' Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers
Scène La Salle de Danse
9-10:30 a.m. French Mass
10:45-11:45 a.m. Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds
12-1 p.m. Jambalaya Cajun Band
1:15-2:15 p.m. Cedric Watson & Bijou Créole
2:30-3:30 p.m. Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
3:45-5 p.m. Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings w/ guests Johnnie Allan & T.K. Hulin
5:15-6:30 p.m. Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Scène Atelier
11:30-12:30 p.m. Brazos Huval & Mary Harris
12:45-1:45 p.m. Amis du Teche
2-3 p.m. Finger-picking style guitar workshop: Roddie Romero, Jane Vidrine, Sam Broussard, Renée Reed & Josh Caffery
3:15-4:15 p.m. Jason Frey Trio
4:30-5:30 p.m. Louisiana French Folk Songs w/ Anna Laura Edmiston, Megan Constantin, Kelli Jones & Sasha Massey
Jam Ça!
11:00-12:30 Joe Hall
1-2:30 p.m. Sheryl Cormier
3-4:30 p.m. Jimmy Breaux
Tent rental spaces in Girard Park are available, volunteers are needed over the three days. For more information, visit festivalsacadiens.com
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