 ABOUT USDESTINATIONSBLOG September 2026 Original Southwest LA Zydeco Music FestivalSeptember 5This festival is the perfect opportunity to dance to your favorite zydeco musicians. Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Rusty Metoyer and Zydeco Krush, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, C. J. Chenier & the Red-Hot Louisiana Band, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners and Mike Broussard & Nu’Edition are all set to perform.Learn More Pop-Up Shop at Richard’sSeptember 19Shop local vendors for fashion, beauty, and décor items at Richard’s Soul Food Kitchen in the town of Washington.Learn More Louisiana Mosquito FestivalSeptember 26Celebrate Louisiana’s unofficial state bird, the mosquito, with live music, vendors, a cook-off and kid’s activities like fun jumps and arts & crafts.Learn More  The Bird that Connects ContinentsPigeons, Pigeonniers, and Colonial AmericaIf you’ve traveled through rural France or have seen the haunting beauty of historic houses in Louisiana, you may have encountered a strange structure. These unassuming buildings play a part in the interesting history of the bird that connects continents, the pigeon.Read more More Events in St. Landry ParishOpelousas Farmers MarketOpelousas, LATuesday, Thursday, Friday | 6:30amLearn More »Eunice Farmers MarketEunice, LASaturdays | 9amLearn More »Live at Toby’s DowntownOpelousas, LAFridays and Saturdays | 8pmLearn More »Dulcimer JamOpelousas, LAWednesdays | 10amLearn More »La Table KreyolArnaudville, LA2nd Saturday | 9:30amLearn More »Market on the LawnEunice, LAFirst Saturday | 10amLearn More »Opelousas Makers MarketOpelousas, LALast Saturday | 8amLearn More »JAMbalaya Acoustic Music JamArnaudville, LAFirst Sunday | 1pmLearn More »Life Drawing at NUNUArnaudville, LAEvery Tuesday | 6pmLearn More »Zydeco Dance LessonsOpelousas, LAEvery Wednesday | 6pmLearn More »Live Quarter Horse RacingOpelousas, LAWednesday-Saturday | 5:30pmLearn More »Silver Slipper JamLeonville, LAEvery Thursday | 6pmLearn More »Mallet French TableMallet, LA3rd Sundays | 2pmLearn More »Zydeco Capital JamOpelousas, LA2nd Saturday | 1pmLearn More »Savoy Music JamEunice, LASaturdays | 9amLearn More »Jammin’ on the BayouOpelousas, LA3rd Saturday | 1pmLearn More »La Table Française at EuniceEunice, LAWednesdays | 9:30amLearn More »La Table Française at the VillageOpelousas, LALast Wednesday | 8:30amLearn More »La Table Française in ArnaudvilleArnaudville, LALast Saturday | 9:30amLearn More »Drum Circle at NUNUArnaudville, LA1st Saturday | 2pmLearn More »Rendezvous in the PrairieEunice, LAEvery Thursday | 5:30pmLearn More »Live at Silver SlipperLeonville, LAEvery Friday and Saturday | 7pmLearn More »Indigenous TableArnaudville, LA1st Saturdays of Odd Numbered Months | 12pmLearn More »Health & Wellness TableArnaudville, LA1st Saturdays of Even Numbered Months | 10amLearn More »Zydeco Jam at NUNUArnaudville, LAEvery 3rd Saturday | 2pmLearn More »La Mesa de Espanol at NUNUArnaudville, LALast Saturday | NoonLearn More »      St. Landry Parish – It’s Gumbo for Your Soul!The St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission is the official destination marketing organization responsible for promoting tourism within the parish. Arnaudville | Cankton | Eunice | Grand Coteau | Krotz Springs | Leonville | Melville | Opelousas | Palmetto | Port Barre | Sunset | Washington978 Kennerson Road, Opelousas, LA 70570 | Interstate 49, Exit 23337.948.8004 | info@cajuntravel.com |
