Mamou Cajun Music Festival

09/25/2026

Thanks to JD Bank and all of our sponsors for supporting our culture & community 🌟

09/15/2026

09/14/2026

A few shots from the 53rd annual Mamou Cajun Music Festival. If you have any pictures from the festival, please feel free to share them in the comments! 🪗🎶🎻

09/13/2026

The Mamou Cajun Music Festival association would like to express our gratitude to all of our amazing sponsors and festival goers for making this year a success. We are especially thankful for our Platinum sponsors- Schlumberger, ProFlow, and JaCam Catalyst for sponsoring our headlining bands. Without your generosity, we would not be able to give back to our heritage and our community in the way we are able to now.

Special appreciation goes out to our festival crew here, who work so very hard on a volunteer basis to keep the culture alive.

See y’all next year! 🎻🎶🪗

09/13/2026

A good time was had, y’all!

09/13/2026

TWO-STEP MAMOU!

09/12/2026

Look what we have in the building…
T-minus 3 hours!!

09/12/2026

Congratulations to our youth musical scholarship winner, Dax Faulk! Our mission is to preserve our heritage through our music and Mr. Dax is one of the kids who is helping to make that happen 🎶🪗

09/12/2026

Come out today and see our honoree for the 53rd annual Mamou Cajun Music Festival— Kevin Naquin!

📍98 Main St
Mamou, LA

Kevin Naquin is a highly celebrated, award-winning Cajun accordion player, singer, and public servant from south Louisiana. Deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of Acadiana, he has had a prominent musical career as the frontman of Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys. He is recognized as a "Living Legend" by the Acadian Museum for his dedication to preserving traditional Cajun music.

Naquin grew up in Scott, Louisiana, surrounded by deep musical roots. Two of his great-grandfathers—fiddler Edius Naquin and accordionist Hadley Fontenot—were legendary Cajun musicians who helped preserve the genre prior to the Cajun renaissance of the 1960s and 70s.

His exposure to the accordion began exceptionally early; around the age of three, his babysitters were the legendary accordion player Don Montoucet and his wife, Adolice. Naquin frequently sat on Montoucet's lap to listen to him play. At age 13, Naquin began playing the accordion himself using a Hohner accordion passed down from his great-grandfather. Just a year later, in 1994, he took second place in a junior accordion contest at the famed Mulate's Restaurant in Breaux Bridge. He attended Acadiana High School and later studied at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

As the lead singer and accordionist for Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys, Naquin became a staple of the south Louisiana dancehall scene. He developed a high-energy style that honors traditional Cajun arrangements while introducing original compositions.

Combining his love for Cajun culture, community, and food, Naquin opened a casual dining restaurant called Naq's -n- Duson in Duson, Louisiana. The restaurant features traditional plate lunches, poboys, boiled seafood, and supports local musicians by having live musical performances by local artists.

Please join us in congratulating Kevin Naquin for his accomplishments and contributions to Cajun culture.