How To Become a Downtown Lafayette Local: College Student Edition

Arts & Culture, Businesses, Creativity Everywhere, Drink, Eat, Events, Parking, Residential, Shop

Connecting college students to the downtown community plays an important role in building vibrant energy throughout the district. Downtown Lafayette welcomes students and encourages everyone to embrace downtown as their own. Whether you’re new to Lafayette or have...

Fallin’ Into Family Friendly Fun

Arts & Culture, Downtown News, Events

We have finally gotten a taste of better weather over here in the Cajun capital, and it’s time to take advantage of it! Looking for things to do with your family this fall in Lafayette? Look no further, because downtown has you covered. From live music, indoor...

Virtual Downtown Alive!: Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

Are you ready to DTA!…virtually? In the interest of public safety and accordance with governmental guidelines, Downtown Alive! is going virtual for the Fall 2020 season! The 37th season of DTA! is presented by Evangeline Maid and will be streamed on the Downtown...

DTA! Shop Sessions: Michael Doucet at Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant (Ep. 7)

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DTA! Shop Sessions: Michael Doucet at Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant (Ep. 7) DTA! Shop Sessions have returned. We are excited to premiere the 7th episode of our Shop Sessions series—featuring Grammy-winning Cajun musician, Michael Doucet, and members of his...

Zydeco Marathon

Celebrate the Zydeco Marathon Full, Half & Relay with great food, cold beer & live music by Chris Foreman & the Bayou Boys! Event: 1 Mile (12 & Under Only) – Saturday, 3/7/20 Event Date: Saturday March 7, 2020 Start Time: 7:30am CST End Time:...

CBT, New Natives Brass Band & Moose Harris at Wing Fingers

Just incase you didn’t have enough Mardi Gras, we have a brass bands, a rock band and a local hip hop act on Friday March 6th! Bring all your leftover beads and lets go nuts. (don’t worry, Wing Fingers, I’ll clean up all the beads) Moose Harris:...

Sounds of the Crown at St. John’s Cathedral

Feel like royalty as you listen to music that transcends time and connects with all of us in this famous Coronation Mass, performed by the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. The genius of Mozart and his most splendid compositions will go hand in hand with the Louisiana...

An Evening With Danny O’Flaherty at Cite des Arts

Danny will be playing at Cité des Arts in Lafayette during his St. Patrick’s Day season tour. Danny’s blend of original Celtic and Folk songs combined with traditional stories and songs from his homeland of Ireland create experience an inviting and unique...

Festival de Succès

Festival de Succès is a very special FREE event intended for individuals with special needs and their families. It will be a day of fun activities, music, dancing, and inspiring individuals who are proof that no dream is too big and no success is too small. Tickets...

C.W. Stoneking at The Wurst Biergarten

C.W. Stoneking is an artist for whom ‘unexpected’ is probably the default setting. How else to describe such a fine purveyor of American roots music who also happens to be a towering, youthful-faced white Australian man? He surprises first-time listeners, throws...