Celtic Bayou Festival is the annual celebration the weekend before St. Patrick's Day, March 13 & 14, celebrating authentic Celtic tradition with music and foods from the culture. Listen in and check their website for the details of the festivities!

Members of UL Lafayette Kappa Delta Sorority Gamma Kappa Chapter, Grace Blackmon and Abbi Spikes are in the studio to tell us the purpose of their events during Shamrock Week! Shamrock Week is the annual time that these young women raise funds and awareness for Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) and Faith House of Acadiana. There are many events on campus throughout the week, but their main event on Saturday, March 21 is a 1 mile race with food and music to celebrate after in Bourgeois Park.Follow their Instagram, @ulkdshamrock, to learn more about how you can participate in the 1 mile and/or support their philanthropy.

Refuge: The Courage to Witness is a multidisciplinary initiative that explores what keeps us disconnected from suffering and conflict and from recognizing the potential for healing and peace. Initiated by Hagit Barkai, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in collaboration with the NUNU Art and Culture Collective, the project aims to connect global and local issues while fostering communication around personal and societal healing during times of conflict. It serves as a catalyst for growth, bridging the distance between global conflict, community concerns, and the transformative power of healing through art and dialogue. The opening ceremony will take place Friday, March 13th, from 6-9PM. For more information, click here.

Student Arts Expo is a celebration of student-artists in all artistic disciplines! This event, which takes place in 3 different parishes, features outdoor performances from school bands, choirs, and performance classes, art exhibitions in businesses and outdoors, hands-on art activities for families, and a student artist market where you can purchase original artwork and crafts directly from the artist. The 16th annual Lafayette Student Arts Expo in Downtown Lafayette on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Join us for this free and family-friendly festival of student artwork, live performances, and fun arts activities! For more information, click here.

Silverbacks Improv Theatre Presents: Improv Rumble 2026! This show features improv comedy performers from across South Louisiana. Improv Rumble is sure to be full of high energy, big laughs, and friendly sportsmanship. Improv Rumble will take place Saturday, March 7, 2026 at Wonderland Performing Arts, starting at 7:30pm. For more information, click here.

Graduate students in the English department at UL Lafayette are organizing the Global Souths Conference, with coordinator, Dr. Hossain Arafat. The Global Souths Conference will be held from March 12-14, 2026. The Global Souths Conference is a three-day interdisciplinary event that has historically been concerned with the Global Souths, geographical divisions, and what the word “southern” means, both in the United States and the world at large. This year, they will explore current crossroads in scholarship and culture. They will also analyze how we reached these crossroads and theorize about how they should move forward from this point.Visit their website to learn more!

Join Festival International de Louisiane at the 2026 Premiere Party & Fundraiser on March 1 to be the first to lay eyes on the magic for the 40th Anniversary Festival International de Louisiane! This special experience will take place at Warehouse 535 in Lafayette. Join festival as they celebrate this year’s Official Visual Artist, Francis Pavy. Meet Francis and snag a limited edition signed poster while they last. Be the very first to see Festival’s unveiling of Pavy’s vibrant original artwork + the 2026 pin and poster, designed by his daughter Annabelle Pavy. The Premiere Party is a family-friendly, outdoor celebration featuring live music in the courtyard. Big sounds are coming our way with Soul Express Brass Band, followed by New Orleans sensation Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars. For more information, click here.

Mary McGoffin, Marketing & Communications Director at Moncus park, joins us in the studio to discuss spring 2026 events. For more information, click here.

Abbey Players are here in the studio to talk about their new show "Urinetown." Gwen Best, Dom Felix, and Zoey Lemaire speak about their experience as actors and actresses not just through this performance but also as an Abbey Player. Visit their website to learn more!