On Sunday, March 16th, 2025, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper will host its 9th Annual Save The Basin event at Rock and Bowl in Downtown Lafayette! Come enjoy the unique Cajun-inspired artists, silent auction, raffles , live music, dancing and bowling. This all day event brings together communities around South Central Louisiana in support of the beautiful Louisiana wetlands we all cherish. The Atchafalaya Basin the most productive swamp in the world and is vitally important to Louisiana’ Cajun culture; it supports a unique ecosystem of cypress-tupelo swamps found nowhere else on the planet, provides a habitat for our fishing and crawfishing economy, and plays a significant role as a safe harbor for thousands of migratory birds as well as protecting millions of people in South Louisiana from Mississippi River floods. For more information, visit https://www.basinkeeper.org/events/2024/3/17/8th-annual-save-the-basin-event-em49l

Join UL Lafayette's Theater Department in their play, The Servant Of Two Masters, at Burke-Hawthorne Hall from March 13th - 16th and the 20th - 23rd. The wedding of two lovers turns into complete chaos as a really hungry servant, Arlecchino, shows up to announce the arrival of his master. For more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-servant-of-two-masters-tickets-1224294400509

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. For more information, visit https://www.abbeyplayers.com/2024-2025season

Get ready for Louisiana's quirkiest tradition! The annual Pardoning of the Crawfish is coming up, where one lucky crawfish will be saved from the boiling pot! For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaLtGov/photos/get-ready-for-louisianas-quirkiest-tradition-the-annual-pardoning-of-the-crawfis/1065596002273779/?_rdr

Exciting traditional Irish and Celtic music from Ireland, USA, Scotland, Brittany, and beyond! Celtic Bayou Festival is planning an exciting line-up of music, dance, and culture for this year's festival. Performers from Ireland, Scotland, France, Texas, Alabama, Carolina, Louisiana and more will take the stage at Warehouse 535, Lafayette LA. For more information visit, https://www.celticbayoufestival.com/

Rendezvous Downtown in Rayne’s spring music series begins Thursday, March 13th, at 5:30 p.m. at Depot Square. For more information, visit https://www.raynetoday.com/news-local/%E2%80%98rendezvous-downtown%E2%80%99-begins-spring-series-events

The Omnium Circus is a singularly inclusive and accessible circus that is multi-abled and representative, highlighting and celebrating that disability and diversity shine through the joy and excitement of circus arts. Their show, I'm Possible, follows young Johnny on his journey to courage, strength and perseverance through a death defying, awe inspiring, madcap circus adventure with no limits. They will be coming to Lafayette on Friday, March 14th at the Heymann Performing Arts Center.

Since 2007 UL Lafayette has hosted an annual Women's Leadership Conference, and the next one will be on Thursday, March 13th at the Cajun Dome Convention Center. For more information, visit https://louisiana.edu/inclusion/strategic-growth/womens-leadership-conference

Acadiana Center for the Arts is hosting the exhibition, Prairie Stories: Art and Ecological Restoration on Louisiana’s Prairies, through February 8th to May 10th. This exhibition takes a look at a variety of stories which intertwine the work of artists, community groups, Indigenous Peoples, and science-led efforts to restore the ecological balance to the area known as the Cajun Prairie. For more information, visit https://acadianacenterforthearts.org/events/prairie-stories/

The Movie Magic 101 Workshop is a multiclass crash course on movie making for kids in grades 6 - 12. The first class is on Tuesday, March 11th at Cite Des Arts. For more information, visit https://www.citedesarts.org/events/movie-magic-101