The Folk Fest will feature three stages of music with Cajun, zydeco, blues, Celtic, and country music, free Cajun and zydeco dance lessons, and many traditional food vendors. The Festival will also include a gumbo cook-off, blacksmithing, KidFest, over 70 crafts persons, a harmonica workshop taught by Ed Huey, and the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship […]

Rivers was born in Alexandria and raised in Simmesport. At nine years old, Charley received his first guitar from his mother. He sang in his church choir and it wasn’t long before he was entertaining family and friends.

Celebrate this popular accordion-based musical genre in the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. Live entertainment by DJ Rob Real, Marcus Ardoin & Da Zydeco Legends, and Lil Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers. The event will also feature a Poker Run along Cane River Lake.

The Rock Show will take you back to the days when Journey topped the charts playing all your favorite hits.

The Rapides Symphony Orchestra and Play On Theatre Company will perform music by Twentieth-Century Russian composer Serge Prokofiev that accompanied a 1940 ballet version of “Romeo and Juliet”. Play On Theatre Company, led by their director Kody Walker, will present some of the scenes in Shakespeare’s original text between movements of Prokofiev’s ballet score. The […]

The Rapides Symphony Orchestra and Play On Theatre Company will perform music by Twentieth-Century Russian composer Serge Prokofiev that accompanied a 1940 ballet version of “Romeo and Juliet”. Play On Theatre Company, led by their director Kody Walker, will present some of the scenes in Shakespeare’s original text between movements of Prokofiev’s ballet score. The […]

The Cenla Songwriters Circle is a welcoming, supportive environment for songwriters at all levels, from aspiring to professional. All genres are welcome. No pressure, no judgment, no egos. Please note that the Cenla Songwriters Circle is for original music only, no covers allowed. Ages 21 & older only.

The Symphony will be joined by the Red River Chorale and the members of the UL Lafayette Chamber Singers to present Franz Xavier Sussmayr’s version of Mozart’s unfinished Requiem Mass. The Symphony will also perform Ralph Vaughan William’s “Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus,” a work that also has religious roots based on the hymn […]

The Symphony will be joined by the Red River Chorale and the members of the UL Lafayette Chamber Singers to present Franz Xavier Sussmayr’s version of Mozart’s unfinished Requiem Mass. The Symphony will also perform Ralph Vaughan William’s “Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus,” a work that also has religious roots based on the hymn […]

St. James Episcopal Church Concert Series welcomes Westminster Abbey’s Sub-Organist, Peter Holder in concert. Mr. Holder was principal organist for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the coronations of their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall.