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Two Lafayette couples who quit their jobs and never looked back are loving life smoking cocktails and doing interior and product design

Guests speakers will be discussing the organizations’ most critical achievements in the Basin and some the most troublesome hurdles to date facing our progress in conservation.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.All proceeds from the event – including 10 percent of all food – will go directly towards protecting and restoring the Basin.For more information and to purchase tickets, visit their website.

The 20th Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week will take place March 20-25, 2023, in Eunice, Louisiana. Highlights include top-notch Louisiana-style entertainment, education, and hospitality with public and enrollment-based activities. Balfa Week is an inclusive cultural immersion experience centered around an adult-oriented music camp for advancing skills in Louisiana-style Cajun/Zydeco guitar, fiddle, accordion, rhythm/percussion, French-language vocals, Cajun and Zydeco dance, food preparation, and folk traditions. At Balfa Week, you can learn knee-to-knee with master musicians and culture bearers surrounded by great folks from across the globe. Louisiana-style meals are included with Full-time or Part-time camp registrations. It’s an incredibly immersive experience, complete with some late-night music jam camaraderie and hospitality. For more information, visit their website.

Swing into Festival with their Official 2023 Festival International de Louisiane Premiere party, featuring live music by Tuba Skinny! Be the first to see it all as we unveil this year’s artwork, music lineup, pin and poster for the first time. This jazzy party is family friendly, outdoors, and includes delicious Louisiana seafood! Attendees can meet the Official 2023 Visual Artist, Lu Wixon, and show their Festival some love by purchasing the all-new pin and poster.Hint: They have a HUGE lineup artist announcement this year, in celebration of Lafayette’s Bicentennial Anniversary. Will you join them to hear the big news yourself?For more information and to purchase tickets, visit their website.

Each episode takes listeners to the fields and farms, restaurant and home kitchens where the food action is really happening meeting the people who perpetuate the renowned food culture of this delicious place. During the hour long program Poppy also travels outside of her home turf to hear what’s new in the national and international food world.

Balfa Week is back! Plan now to be a part of the Folk Roots family during the 2023 Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week in Eunice LA. Come for the whole week or drop in for a day! Evening dances are also open to the public with a donation.Lakeview Park & Beach is the backdrop for Balfa Camp 2023 and kicks off on Monday, 3/20 with dinner and a jam. Lakeview Park is on the border of both Evangeline and St. Landry parishes, which are both rich in Cajun and Creole culture.https://www.lafolkroots.org/balfa-week

Each episode takes listeners to the fields and farms, restaurant and home kitchens where the food action is really happening meeting the people who perpetuate the renowned food culture of this delicious place. During the hour long program Poppy also travels outside of her home turf to hear what’s new in the national and international food world.

Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) is hosting our 3rd annual Justice Celebration in Lafayette, at the Downtown Convention Center on Buchanan Street. The celebration will be from 6 pm to 9 pm and will feature the stories of two of our clients, plus a short film about IPNO’s Unjust Punishment Project. Beer, wine and food will be served. IPNO will be giving our inaugural Justice Award to Women of Wisdom (WOW), who has been instrumental in community development and empowerment. Attire is business casual.For more information visit their website.