SWLA Zydeco Music Festival

10/01/2026

09/06/2026

Mark your calendars!! The 45th Annual Original SWLA Zydeco Music Festival is coming your way on Saturday, September 4, 2027! Start making plans! You won’t wanna miss it!!

08/29/2026

08/25/2026

The one that started them all!!! Often imitated, but NEVER duplicated!!

08/14/2026

08/10/2026

Southwest Louisiana’s dance halls were more than music venues — they were places where community was built. Join the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center along with Herman Fuselier and Michael Broussard for Conversations on Dance Halls — a special evening celebrating the stories, music, and memories that shaped life in Opelousas and across southwest Louisiana.
📅 Wednesday, October 7
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center

About the moderators: Herman Fuselier is the Executive Director of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission and author of Ghosts of Good Times: Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present, which documents the stories and cultural significance of dance halls throughout the region. Michael Broussard is a PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, he focuses his dissertation on southwestern Louisiana dance halls and their enduring importance to the people who filled these legendary venues.

Opelousas Main Street
Historic Opelousas

08/09/2026

08/06/2026

01/09/2026

Your talent is Gods gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God. -Leo Buscaglia Daughter, Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, Mentor, Friend, and Acadianas favorite On-Air Personality are a few words that capture the essence of Barry Stephanie Smallwood. Born on February 14, 1958, to