LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Zydeco dancing has been a part of Louisiana's rich culture for years. It is believed to have started in the early twentieth century by the people of Acadiana in Southwest ...

Mark your calendars for a day full of gumbo, dance lessons and live traditional Creole music. The annual New Orleans Zydeco Festival is returning to Crescent Park on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 11 a.m. to ...

A free Cajun and Zydeco dance class will be at Parc Sans Souci in downtown Lafayette. The event, called "Allons Danser!" is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 5. Dr. Moriah Hargrave will lead ...

Zydeco is happy music, they say. Unlike many of the solemn or suave partner dances you find in ballrooms around the world, zydeco is pure joy. "We have a lot fun," said Chere Weiss, president of ...

Being more than 1,300 miles from New Orleans, Boulder is an unlikely spot for a Mardi Gras celebration complete with a rockin’ zydeco band, Cajun food, dancing, drinking and costumed foolery. However, ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

Some of our region's biggest Zydeco acts will be in Opelousas next week, playing in support of the Clifton Chenier Centennial fundraiser and the Slim's Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall restoration project.