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Cajun/Zydeco in Southwest Louisiana and New Orleans
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Directory:
See also:
Cajun abd Zydeco Dance Clubs/Music Halls
- For a comprehensive listing of Cajun Dance Clubs,
see Tee-Mick's Guide to Cajun Clubs.
- Angelle's Whiskey River Landing
- (Cajun amd Zydeco)
- Also offer swamp tours of Atchafalaya Basin
- Street address: 1175 Henderson Levee Rd., Henderson, LA 70517-7863
- More detailed driving directions
- Map and Driving Directions
- Mailing address: P.O. Box III, Cecilia, LA
- Phone: (337) 228-8567
- (Recommendation: Cajun music on beautiful bayou setting, Sundays 4-8 PM - can be a raucous good time - dancing on tables and such. Voted "one of the 50 best bars in America." )
- (More description here)
- Atchafalaya Club at Pat's Restaurant
- Henderson Levee Rd. in Henderson, LA
- 337-228-7512
- Blue Dog Café
- 1211 W. Pinhook, Lafayette, LA
- 337-237-0005
- (Cajun/Creole music during Sunday Brunch)
- Bourbon Orleans
- 1211 W. Pinhook, Lafayette, LA
- 337-26101981
- (Zydeco and other types of music)
- Blue Moon Saloon
- 215 East Convent St. Lafayette, La.
For Info 1-877-766-2583 or (337) 234-2422
- Cajun Jam on Wed 7-11pm,
- Performers on other nights are various roots and Americana genres including Cajun and zydeco, call for details
Map and Driving Directions
- (More description here)
- Bourque's Club
- 152 Leo Lane, Lewisburg
- Phone: (337) 948-8646
- Sat. 8pm-mid, Sun 5pm-9pm
- Map and Driving Directions
- (Call for more detailed directions.)
- Brass Rail
- 418 Sixth St., Mamou, LA 70554-3720
- Map and Driving Directions
- Phone: (337) 468-5411 or 468-2300
- (Live music Sat. afternoon - starts after Fred's Lounge)
- Café des Amis
- Bridge St. (Downtown) Breaux Bridge
- (Take I-10 Breaux Bridge Exit into Breaux Bridge; Turn right at Bridge St.(dead end); Café is on left in downtown area)
- Phone: (337) 332-5273
- This restaurant and café hosts a Zydeco Brunch on Saturday 8:30-11:30AM. Colol funky little spot.
- (More description here)
- Cajun Cayenne Club
- New Iberia, LA
- 337-365-3116
- Cajun Music Hall Of Fame & Museum
- 230 South CC Duson Drive (just one block from
- Downtown Eunice and the Liberty Theatre)
- Map and Driving Directions
- Telephone (337) 457-6534
- City Limits (Cajun and Zydeco)
- Hwy 110, behind Buger King in Westgate Shopping Center
- Eunice, LA
- (Thursday Night is Swamp and Roll with DJ Todd Ortego spinning the best in Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop )
- Club 201 (Cajun and Zydeco)
- In Northgate Mall near intersection of I-10 and I-49 in Lafayette
- The club is in the back on the south facing side of the center
- Phone: (337) 232-9500
- Map and Driving Directions
- (Two venues in one often features Cajun on one side, rock or pop on the other.)
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- Cowboys Night Club (Cajun and Zydeco)
- Ambassador Cafferty (near I-10)
- Scott, LA
- 337-232-3232/337-474-8081
- Map and Driving Directions
- (I don't hink that the Cajun and zydeco is regular offering - other times this place has more of a C&W flavor early with club music and younger crowd later.
- D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant
- 6533 Highway 97 between Basile/Jennings LA
- Map and Driving Directions to Highway 97 between Basile/Jennings
- Phone: (337) 432 - 5141 (call for more accurate directions)
- Cajun restaurant has a band playing several nights a week all year long. A couple weeks before Mardi Gras they have dances
- that are visited by the Tee Mamou Mardi Gras a couple of times during the
- night. The place is not real big so people may want to call for reservations to get a table on the dance floor. Larry Miller (shown at right) often runs that nightly jam sessions.
- Double D's Cotton Club (Zydeco)
- Parks ~ (South of Breaux Bridge, follow Highway 31 south to
- Highway 350 east, then Highway 347 south, to St. Louis Street
- turn left, the club just down the street, Parks.
- Phone: (337) 394-9616 or (337) 845-4880).
- El Sido's Famous Zydeco and Blues Hall
- 803 Martin Luther King Dr.
- Lafayette, LA. (Evangeline (S) (Exit 103); right on Willow St.; turn south.
- right on St. Antoine - on left )
- Phone: (337) 235-0647
- (More description here)
- Four Seasons
- off W. Congress in Lafayette
- 337-989-2421
- (Sometimes hosts Cajun bands on Sundays 3-7pm)
- Frank's Ranch (Zydeco Trailrides)
- 9190 Hwy. 190, Opelousas (I-49 - Left at Oppolusas Hwy. 190 - on the left a few miles east of Lawtell.)
- Phone: (337) 948-1214/543-7100
- Map and Driving Directions
- (Site of trail rides; call for schedule)
- Fred's Lounge (Cajun)
- 420 Sixth St., Mamou, LA 70554-3720
- Map and Driving Directions
- Phone: (337) 468-5411 or 468-2300
- (Live music Sat. morning - broadcast on 1050 AM)
- Read about the 50th anniversary of Fred's Lounge
- (I was actually at this event - in the area for conference - lucky me!)
- (More description here)
- Friendly Lounge
- Cecilia (North of I-10 from the Breaux Bridge exit, follow Highway
- 31 north, two miles south of the town of Cecilia)
- Phone: (337) 667-8543
- Grant Street (Cajun and Zydeco)
- 113 W. Grant Street, Lafayette, LA 70501-7035
- Map and Driving Directions
- Phone: (337) 237-2255 (Concert line) (337) 237-8513 (Buisness)
- (More description here)
- Hamilton's Club (Closed now)
- (More description here)
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- Harris Cajun Restaurant
- I-10 Exit 48 Lacassine. Hwy 101 South 11 miles to Hayes. Right on Hwy 14
- (337) 622-3582
- Harry's Club (Cajun and Zydeco)
- 519 Parkway Dr. Breaux Bridge, LA
- Phone: (337) 332-6852
- Map and Driving Directions
- House of Dugas Club (Zydeco)
- Hopkin Street
- New Iberia, La.
- (formerly the Coleman Louge)
- Ike's (Cajun)
- One block off Hwy. 90 in Rayne. Live music nightly.
- Iron Horse Motorsports Bar & Grill (Zydeco)
- 308 Hwy 93 North, Scott
- 337-264-6444
- La Poussier
- 1511 Nine Hwy, Breaux Bridge
- (Take I-10 Breaux Bridge Exit into Breaux Bridge.; Turn left at
- Bridge St.(dead end); right at next light (Poydras); left at Grand Pt.)
- Phone: (337) 332-1721
- (More description here)
- Liberty Theatre
- Eunice, Lousiana (Located two blocks south of Highway 190
- and one block west of Highway 13 at 2nd St. and Park Ave.)
- Map and Driving Directions
- Phone: (337) 457-7389
- Schedule
You can hear the live show from the Liberty Theatre on Saturday nights at 7pm on KRVS 88.7 FM
(came hear anywhere in world with online connection, see here).
- Mulates Cajun Restaurant
- 325 Mills Ave., Breaux Bridge
- Phone: (337) 332-4648 or 1-800-634-9880
- Mainly a restaurant, but live music every night
starting around 7pm. Nice low key fun.
- (More description here)
- Offshore Lounge (Zydeco)
- Parish Rd., Lawtell LA
- Off Hwy 190 (I-49 - Left at Oppolusas Hwy. 190), turn at flashing light in Lawtell
- Map and Driving Directions
- Phone: (337) 543-9996
- (More description here)
- Pat's Café Creole
- 1904 University, Lafayette
- Map and Driving Directions
- Zydeco Breakfast Buffet, 7-11am
- Dancing is encouraged!
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- Prejean's
- 3480 Hwy 167 North
- Lafayette, Louisiana 70507
- Phone: (337) 896-3247
- Map and Driving Directions
- Mainly a restaurant, but live music every night starting around 7pm. Good food.
- (More description here)
- Randol's
- 2320 Kaliste Saloom Rd.
- Phone: (337) 981-7080
- or 1-800-YO-CAJUN
- Map and Driving Directions
- Mainly a restaurant, but live music every night starting around 7pm.
- (Recommendation: See Filé play there most Sunday nights, and Charivari (formerly Mamou Prairie Band) on Wednesday nights)
- (More description here)
- Roundup Sport Bar / Studebakers (Cajun and Zydeco)
- Exit 92 on I-10 in Duson
- For who's playing here. listen for the ads on KBON 101.1 FM
- Savoy Music Center
- 4413 Highway 190
- Eunice LA 70535
- Phone: (337) 457-9563
- (Jam session on Sat. morning until noon.)
- Map and Driving Directions
- (More description here)
- Slim Y Ki-Ki Bar (Zydeco) -
- Hwy 182 in Opelousas
- Travel north to Opelousas on I-49 North. Take Exit 19 for Opelousas- Hwy 190 South into Opelousas. Take a right a Hwy 182 (You'll see the sign for Ville Platte). Travel north on Hwy 182. Follow the sharp curve to the left around Catholic Church. Turn right at light, continuing on Hwy 182 towards Ville Platte. Slim's Y-Ki-Ki will be on your left, about a mile down.
- (More description here)
- TJ's Cajun Restaurant
- Hwy. 35 in Branch, LA
- Live Cajun music every Sunday for brunch and
- for evening buffet Wed.-Sun. (6-10pm)
- 307 Jazz Club
- 307 Jefferson St., Lafayette, LA (map)
- 337-262-0307
- This downtown club sometimes host local bands like the Pine Leaf Boys.
- (Calvin) Touchet's Bar
- (pronouced like "2 checks")
- 337-262-0307
- Hwy. 167 in Maurice, LA
- Live Cajun music jam session every other Saturday (call to check dates) starting at 2pm. Bring along an instrument or just come to listen. Free homemade gumbo. Out-of-towners welcome and appreciated. Highly recomended.
- Directions: Head west from Lafayette on Hwy. 167 toward Maurice. The club is about 10 miles outside of Lafayette on right.
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- Wranglers (Cajun and Zydeco)
- Carencro, LA
- 337-896-0539
- Live music every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Zydeco Bands on Fridays and Sundays
- Email: wrangler-at-wranglersniteclub.com
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- Direction from website: Take I-10 to Lafayette, LA. Carencro is a small town on the northernmost outskirts of Lafayette. There are three major exits off I-10 in Lafayette. There's exit 100 near Scott; the Hwy 182 exit for Carencro; and the I-49 exit for Opelousas and Carencro. Take the Hwy 182 exit north. Wranglers is a few miles north of the interstate on the left. No way to miss the big green and white 'Wranglers' sign on top of the building.
- Vermillionville Heritage Center (Cajun and Zydeco)
- 600 Surrey St., Lafayette
- (337) 233-4077 or 1-800-99-BAYOU
- Live Cajun or Zydeco music and dancing from 1:30-3:30 pm on weekdays
- and 3:00-5:00 pm on weekends.
- (More description here)
Schedules for Music Events in SWLA
- The Patsy Report
- Greater Lafayette LA Area Cajun/Zydeco Schedule and Special Report
- For a great free e-mail schedule of Cajun and zydeco events in Southwest Louisiana (and N.0.), contact Patsy Hebert patsyh -at- vrml.k12.la.us
- Entertainment Section of Acadian Times
Covering events and club information in SWLA
- CeeZees.com - Cajun / Zydeco Dance Resource
Covering events and dance information in SWLA
- See music events listed in Newpapers and Magazines in Southwest Louisiana
- Allons Dancer on KBON 101.1 FM.
- an events listed provided every Thursday at 5:30pm on This is a good source for weekend music events, especially for Cajun music.
- Cajun Jam Sessions in Louisiana
Also info. about buying instruments, Cajun music
- lessons and musician's discussion groups
- Acadia Parish Tourist Commission
- calender has cultural and music events
- Downtown Alive
Your Free ticket to the hottest Zydeco, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Cajun & Country...5:30 p.m. every Friday during the spring and fall seasons from various locations in beautiful downtown Lafayette.
- Times-Picayune
- New Orleans paper cover festivals and special events.
- Young Aces
- Young Cajun musicians perform first Sunday of
- month in Breaux Bridge
- Huli's Calendar of Louisiana Festivals & Events
Ordered by mail, Zydeco to Cajun, Mardi Gras to Jazz Fest, Crawfish to Boudin -- listed on this large-format wall calendar with dates, town names and phone numbers!
Guides for First Time Visitors for Music and Dance in SWLA
- The New York Times article by Alicia Ault on Sept. 1, 2006. Great quick rundown and travel tips.
Music Organizations in Southwest Louisiana
Town and Tourist Guides in Southwest Louisiana
Hotels
- Lafayette Convention and Visitor's Commission has online hotel booking in SWLA. Also, some discounts for hotels can be found here: Room Saver
- L'Acadie Inn - an Inn in Eunice, LA
L'Acadie Inn is situated on 13.5 acres of Cajun Prairie, offering our guests a taste of the peaceful prairie life. We strive to make our guests feel like they are at their home away from home. L?Acadie Inn is located ¼ mile from Marc and Ann Savoy's Music Center and 2.5 miles east of Eunice on the prairie.
- Blue Moon Hostel
- Bienvenue House - a Bed and Breakfast in St. Martinville, LA
Bienvenue House, true to its name, literally welcomes you with warmth and charm. You'll feel right at home relaxing in the exquisite surroundings of this genteel mansion nestled in the very heart of Acadiana.....
- More Hotel Information from the SW Travel Guide
Radio in Southwest Louisiana
- KBON 101.1 FM
with online audio - emphasizes south Louisiana music and culture (for more info., more here)
- KRVS 88.7 FM
with online audio - emphasizes south Louisiana music and culture (for more info., more here)
- KNEK 104.7 FM - Don and Charles Cravins Zydeco Show at 10 a.m. Sundays.
- KVPI 92.5 FM and 1050 AM - Cajun Country Radio from Ville Platte
- KJJB 105.5 FM
- Cajun all weekend
- "Front Porch Zydeco" (noon - 6 p.m. Sundays)
- Herman's Swamp n Roll (Saturday evening 10 PM)
- KEUN 1490 AM Pure Gold (Country) is sister station to KJJB 105.5 FM
- KQKI 95.3 FM Morgan City
- 770 AM (or 105.5 FM ) - Monday and Thursday nights 7-9 PM, Sunday afternoon 12-3 PM
- 1230 AM - Friday and Saturday afternoons 3-5 PM (Luke Collins)
- KZWA 105.3 FM - Lake Charles, Louisiana - The show airs Saturday mornings from 6am - 10 am. D.J. Cullen Washington has been bringing zydeco music to the airwaves for the last 18 years. See the website for online feed.
- KOCZ 103.7 FM Opelousas, Louisiana - Featuring zydeco.
Newpapers and Magazines in Southwest Louisiana
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- The Times of Acadiana
- A free weekly entertainment newspaper in Lafayette area
- Phone: (337)237-3560
- Daily Advertiser Acadiana's Daily Paper
- includes club listings - see here
- The Independent New - Business - Culture
- includes events listings - see here
- Atchafalaya Quarterly
- Voices of Fact, Fication, and Fancy from the Heatland of Acadiana
- Subscription Price: $20.00 per year
- Mail to:
- Atchafalaya Quarterly
- 454A So. Liberty Street
- Opelousas, LA 70570
Mission Statement: The Atchafalaya Quarterly is a celebration of South Louisiana's rich Cultural Gumbo. The music, food and joie de vivre of Acadiana attract countless travelers, day trippers and repeat visitors each year. These cultural tourists routinely find their way to events and activities in bayou towns and cities around the lush Atchafalaya Basin. Many of these visitors return several times a year to dine at their favorite restaurants, dance at their favorite festival or dancehall, and frequent their favorite shops.
- Acadiana Profile
- The Magazine of Cajun Country has culture, recipes, humor, and more
- c/o Cajuncatalog.com
- PO Box 2219
- Lafayette, LA 70502-2219
- USA (337) 235-7919
- To place an order, call toll free:
- 1(800) 850-8851. Ask for "Cajun Cat"
- Fax: (337) 235-9925
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Professional Tours of SW Louisiana
- Blue Moon Tours
Offer tours in the Lafayette and Acadiana region of SWLA
- Lousiana Music Tours - New Orleans Jazz & Herritage Festival & Cajun Country
During JazzFest every year - Stay in the heart of the bayou, cruise down the bayou swamps , experience the taste of the Cajun country at our annual private crawfish boil at the home of Marc and Ann Savoy , enjoy a rockin' zydeco Bar-B-Q with Geno Delafose at his country ranch outside Eunice, and much more...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Music Guide
- Music Schedules/Guides
- Baton Rouge Bands
- Venues/Events
- Boutin's Cajun Restaurant
8322 Bluebonnet Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
(504) 767-4794 Map and Directions
Formerly Mulate's in Baton Rouge. They sill book live Cajun music most every night. and a small dance floor. The back deck opens to a really neat view of Bluebonnet Swamp where you can feed the fish and turtles.
Directions: From the I-10 / I-12 split in Baton, take I-10 to the Bluebonnet exit. Take a right onto Bluebonnet head west toward the Mississippi River. Boutin's is exactly 1.5 miles from the interstate and just a few blocks past the Jimmy Swaggart complex.
- Chelsea Cafe
148 W State St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802-7943
(225) 387-3679 located at the gates of LSU off Highland Rd.
- Brunet's Cajun Restaurant
135 Flannery Road in East Baton Rouge at the intersection of Flannery Road and Florida Blvd.
(225) 272-6226.
Cajun music some Wed. and Sat. nights
- Cajun French Music Association of Baton Rouge
Cajun dances are held every Friday night at the Fraternal Order of Police Hall at 10777 Greenwell Springs Rd in Baton Rouge. CFMA dances are open to the public. Admission is $5 and food is available for purchase.
Free Cajun Dance lessons from 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Music from 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Jam sessions are held on the first Friday of the month before the lessons, (6-7 pm) bring your musical instrument!
- Kabara Nite Club
corner of Hwy 621 and Hwy 44 in Gonzales, LA
Occationally hosts C/Z music
- Downtown Alive (in Baton Rouge)
Friday after work events
- Alligator Bayou
- Host Cajun and Zydeco Music
- located just off of I-10 in Prairieville, LA
- (just outside Baton Rouge)
- Phone: 1-888-3 SWAMPS
- Directions for Alligator Bayou:
- -Traveling I-10, going to New Orleans, take the Highland Road Exit on outskirts of Baton Rouge; -take a right. Go to stop light; take a left; -proceed under the Interstate to the very next stop light (very short distance); take a right, and travel a good ways (approximately 4 or 5 miles) until road curves to the left. -Be watching very closely for road there that turns off to the right. You will see an Alligator Bayou Sign, not very big. Take that right, and travel short ways over an over-pass. -As soon as you get over that overpass, look for a road to the right; also, an Alligator Bayou sign is there. Take that right, and travel a few miles on black-top road that turns into a gravel one. -Continue short ways, and finally, you are there. Alligator Bayou is on left.....Can't miss it!!!
- WYNK radio (101.5FM) Baton Rouge,
- has radio program The Cajun Fais Do-Do the highest rated Cajun program on commercial radio in the US. (Arbitron) Show is Saturday mornings 5 - 8 am and is hosted by Mitch Landry.
- KLRZ 100.3 FM and KLEB 1600 AM
- Larose, Louisiana (SW of N.O.), playing Cajun
- Now Online - French, Cajun, Zydeco, and swamp pop, 24 hrs a day / 7 days a week - Louisiana Music and musicians Contact Jerry Gisclair, Station Owner 504-798-7788 (Submitted by Gilligan)
New Orleans Cajun/Zydeco Music Guide
- Cajun and Zydeco Music Venues
- Mid City Lanes Home of the Rock 'N' Bowl®
- 4133 S. Carrollton Avenue (Tulane and Carrollton)
- New Orleans, LA
- (504) 482-3133
- Map and directions
- Zydeco and Cajun on Wed. and Thurs. nights, and sometimes other nights as well. Free Zydeco lessons on Wednesday nights, beginning at 8:00 pm, before the band starts.
- Patout's Cajun Corner
- located next to Patout's Bourbon Street
- 501 Bourbon Street
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Phone: (504) 529-4256
- Map and directions
- Notes: Website include music performance schedules
- No cover, but you have to buy drinks at "Bourbon Street" prices.
- La Strada's
- 440 Bourbon Street.
- New Orleans, La 70130
- (Often hosts Dwayne Doopsie on other C/Z acts - bring earplugs, it's LOUD)
- Maple Leaf
- 8316 Oak St. (Uptown)
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Map and directions
- Phone: (504) 866-9359
- Michaul's on Charles
- 840 St. Charles Ave. (Warehouse District)
- Phone: (504) 522-5517
- Notes: Nice place to hang out, hear music, and dance with tourists
- if no other big events are going on. I did some of my first attempts
- at Cajun dancing at Michaul's.
- Mulate's Cajun Restaurant
- 201 Julia St.,
- Phone: 1-800-854-9149 or 504-522-1492
- Schedule here
- Map here
- Notes: Nice place to hang out and hear music in N.O.
- Highly recomend seeing La Touché, Filé, and The Lee Benoit Cajun Band here.
- Tipitina's (Uptown)
- 501 Napoleon Ave.
- Phone: (504) 895-8477 Map and directions
- Sunday Cajun Fais do-do on most Sundays at 5:00 p.m.
- Music is usually by The Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band unless they are touring.
- Tipitina's (French Quarter)
- 233 N. Peters Ave.
- Map and directions
- Phone: (504) 566-7062
- The Four Columns (West Bank - across the river)
- 3711 Westbank Expressway.
- Map and directions
- Phone: (504) 340-4109
- Try to catch Rodney Thibodeaux & Tout Les Soir Cajun Band
- on Tuesday nights at 7:30.
- Michaul's Live Cajun Music Restaurant
- Alcide & Michele Babineaux - Owners
- 840 St. Charles Avenue
- New Orleans, LA 70130
- Phone: 504-522-5517 800-563-4055
- Michaul's Live Cajun Music Restaurant offers authentic Cajun cuisine, Live Cajun Music and Free Cajun Dance Lessons nightly. Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday Open at 6:00pm; Music and Dancing between at 7:00pm. Closed on Sundays.
- Bayou Barn
- Jean Lafitte area near New Orleans, Louisiana
- 512K, Hwy 45 Lafitte, LA. 70072
- Map and directions
- Cajun music by Bayou Barn Boogie Band
- Phone: 1-(800) TO-BAYOU or write to
- Contact: Nancy Spencer Ting Bayoubarn2 -at- aol.com
- The first Sunday of every month a fiddle and accordion contest is hosted by local sponsors, and winners travel with us to festivals during the year. Dance contest are also held during the year
- Club and festivals listings in:
- Good rundown of things to see in Ben's New Orleans Picks from Ben Pagac
- Music and Dancing Venues in Southwest Louisiana includes Baton Rouge and N.O. from Cajun and Zydeco Dancing Page
- WWOZ 90.7 FM The Sounds of New
Orleans
- Sunday Morning, 11:30am - 1:00pm, Cajun Show with Charles LaBorde
- (Lots of great other music too - Broadcast on Real Audio)
- KLRZ 100.3 FM and KLEB 1600 AM
- Larose, Louisiana (SW of N.O.), playing Cajun
- Now Online - French, Cajun, Zydeco, and swamp pop, 24 hrs a day / 7 days a week - Louisiana Music and musicians Contact Jerry Gisclair, Station Owner 504-798-7788 (Submitted by Gilligan)
Commercial Louisiana and New OrleanWeb Links
- (Yes, I know New Orleans is not a Cajun town and really has no real claim to Cajun or Zydeco Music - these are simply for your amusement)
Special thanks to Ward Lormand for the moving accordion graphic.
Last update: 10/28/2007
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