One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

"I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)" opens with the sound of the instrument that connects Zydeco with other forms of music that originated in and around Louisiana: the accordion. It's followed by the ...

Festival Acadiens et Créoles — the original and largest Cajun and Zydeco music festival — is planning to honor Clifton Chenier, the “King of Zydeco,” who performed at the first festival held in 1974.

Pull out your dancing shoes and get ready for the 15th annual Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco Festival—four weeks of back-to-back stellar performances from some of the most beloved Louisiana Cajun and ...

San Diego’s four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary next Thursday through May 12 with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...

After slurping their way through Oyster Festival last weekend, New Orleans’ summer festers get ready to put on their dancing shoes and sweat it out at this weekend’s Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, ...

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles announced the music lineup for the 49th annual music festival, which will take place Oct. 13-15 at Girard Park in Lafayette. This free Cajun and Zydeco festival will ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — May is coming to the end, and summer vacations are in full swing. But if you can’t hit the beach, there are still fantastic things to do in town…with Cajun-Zydeco music, fun runs, ...

Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. The Jazz and Heritage Foundation’s free music festival moves to an afternoon and early evening ...

The 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival celebrated Buckwheat Zydeco twice. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation gala feted the band with an all-star lineup including accordionists C.J.