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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles: Fun For All Ages

By Erin Bass September 27, 2018

On Oct. 12-14 in Girard Park, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles will welcome people of all ages for a

weekend of music, dancing, arts and crafts, food and fun. For 44 years, this Lafayette festival has

celebrated the Cajun and Creole culture of South Louisiana, while also introducing the next generation

to the history of their heritage. Through two different children's areas, multiple generations up on stage

playing music and a variety of Cajun food, kids can experience the unique culture of our region.


At La Place des Petits, sponsored by the Children's Museum of Acadiana and located right next to the

playground, young ones can enjoy arts and crafts, activities, games and story time. This year's arts and

crafts projects include making a scrub board, fleur de lis paper ornaments, maracas and a paper plate

tambourine/noise maker A second children's area in the Louisiana Craft Fair invites kids to have their

face painted, watch a blacksmithing demonstration and make an original craft with an artist.


Hours for La Place des Petits are Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

If that's not enough, kids are also welcome to bring their musical instrument and join in a jam session at

the Jam Ça! tent.


Festivals Acadiens et Créoles is always free and offers plenty of cool treats—from ice cream to

snowcones—to help keep kids cool. The festival kicks off with the Cutting of the Boudin at 5 p.m. on

Friday, Oct. 12, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 14.




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