Acadian Culture Day 2024
Sunday, August 11, 2024 from 10:00am to 05:00pm
Bayou Vermilion District
Vermilionville Performance Center
300 Fisher Road
The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville to celebrate our annual Acadian Culture Day. Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts, open hearth cooking and other demonstrations.
Here are some of the highlights you can expect:
- Spinning
- Quilting
- Dance Lessons
- The storytelling of Cajun music
- Basket weaving
- Grand Pre -video
- The Tintamarre Parade
- Cooking Demonstrations
- Local Artist Demonstrations
- The Acadian Cultural Preservation Award
- Live Cajun Music all day
To nominate someone for the Acadian Cultural Preservation Award, CLICK HERE. Deadline for nominations is Friday, August 2, 2024.
Food and beverage available for purchase. Admission is free. For more information about Acadian Culture Day call (337) 233-4077. Acadian Culture Day is supported by an External Agencies Funding Program grant, sponsored by Lafayette Consolidated Government, and administered by the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Additional support comes from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
