Creole Culture Day

The 2024 Créole Culture Day is Sunday, June 9, presented by C.R.E.O.L.E. Inc., and Vermilionville. Come celebrate everything Créole during this FREE Festival. There will be live music from Wayne Singleton and the Same Ol' Two Step and Louisiana Folkroots will host an instrument Petting Zoo. Jacqueline Jones of the Baton Rouge Community College will share discussion on The Forgotten Trailblazers: America's Black Cowboys. Experience the art of Anne Guillot, the poetry of Alex PoeticSoul Johnson and more -- food, crafts, family fun, plus the 2024 Richard Catalon Créole Heritage Award. Come celebrate the profound contributions of Créole culture June 9 at Vermilionville!

Schedule:

10:00 Day opens

10:00 – 12:00 RJ and Kreole Smoove in the Performance Center

10:00 – 4:00 In the Village:

Cultures:  la Maison Creole de Freetown

 Beau Bassin: Forgotten Trailblazers: America’s Black Cowboys

Schoolhouse:  Instrument Petting Zoo! (11 – 3)

 Mouton:  The Journey of Creole Foods

Acadienne: Healer’s Garden Tours with the Lafayette Master Gardeners

Boucvalt:  The Arts of Anne Guillot

 Buller: The Spoken Words of Alex PoeticSoul Johnson

 Broussard: Broussard House Tours & The Music Creole

11:00 Cooking Demonstration: Fried Okra with Rev. Sylvia Cluse

11:00 Heritage – a fictional short film with directors Chasah and Carliese West

12:00 Who Yo’ People? with following Q&A with director Dr. Lindsay Gary

1:00 Cooking Demonstration: Sweet Dough Pies with Deloris Sias

1:30 The Richard J Catalon award for Creole Cultural Preservation with Erica Melancon Fox in the Performance Center

2:00 – 5:00 Wayne Singleton & the Same Ol’ Two-Step

2:00 Heritage-a fictional short film with directors Chasah and Carliese West

3:00 Cooking Demonstration: Rice Dressing with Madonna Broussard of Laura’s Cafe #2