This week brings the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, Jean Lafitte Seafood Festival, Memorial Day observations and more.

South Louisiana music boosters spent years lobbying the Recording Academy to create a Cajun or zydeco category for the Grammy Awards. Their victory proved to be short-lived. Chris Granger / The ...

A weekend celebrating Southwestern Louisiana musical traditions is coming to the Crescent City at the end of May.

The Grammy Award categories for the upcoming year have been pared down to 78 categories from 109, and one of those that lost out was the Best Zydeco or Cajun Album award. was part of the now heavily ...

PORT NECHES, Texas — As the United States Semiquincentennial approaches, communities across Southeast Texas are reflecting on the traditions that help define American identity — including the enduring ...

Karen Redding admits Zydeco dancing is her life. She said she’s been passionate about Zydeco and Cajun music since she first heard it on a CBS Sunday morning television special more than a decade ago.

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

According to popular lore, the po-boy — the traditional submarine sandwich of Louisiana — was so named thanks to Benny and Clovis Martin, former streetcar conductors-turned-restaurant owners in New ...

NEW ORLEANS – Fest-goers had a blast this weekend at Armstrong Park! Residents and tourists joined together to experience one pretty cultural event. The Cajun Zydeco Fest welcomed everyone to their ...

This family friendly festival has fun written all over it! The Inaugural Indiana Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival is coming to Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, 21, ...

Zydeco's will ladle its last bowl of gumbo in December. The popular Cajun restaurant at 11 E. Main St. in Mooresville recently announced on Facebook that it has accepted an offer to sell the building ...