SWLA Zydeco Music Festival

SWLA Zydeco Music Festival www.zydeco.org
Contact Lena Charles at 337-290 - 6048 or email [email protected] Taking you to the heart and roots of where Zydeco music originated!

Celebrate the oldest Zydeco Festival in the Zydeco Capital of the World on Sept. 2

07/26/2026
07/26/2026

Mike Broussard and Nu Edition Zydeco

Everyone join us in wishing our Queen a very special Happy Birthday!!!
07/16/2026

Everyone join us in wishing our Queen a very special Happy Birthday!!!

07/02/2026

The one that started them all
It’s

Yambilee Festival Grounds Opelousas, LA. This one is
07/02/2026

Yambilee Festival Grounds
Opelousas, LA.

This one is

06/22/2026

Zydeco’s rhythmic textures are further enhanced by the frottoir, or rubboard— a corrugated metal vest that hangs from the shoulders and is scraped against the chest with spoons or bottle openers. This rasping sound is thought to reflect the influence of both African and Native American percussion instruments on Creole music. — excerpted from Zydeco!



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01/09/2026

Your talent is Gods gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God. -Leo Buscaglia Daughter, Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, Mentor, Friend, and Acadianas favorite On-Air Personality are a few words that capture the essence of Barry Stephanie Smallwood. Born on February 14, 1958, to

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