Créole Culture Day Celebration

The public can enjoy a FREE FESTIVAL at Vermilionville for the 23nd annual Créole Culture Celebration on Sunday June 8, 2025, 10 AM – 4 PM.

Every year, Vermilionville celebrates the cultures of Acadiana that contributed so much to our unique folklife. Come back to Vermilionville in June for the return of our Créole Culture Day event!  On this day we recognize and honor our region’s Créole heritage. So much of our food, traditions, and music comes to our region from the Créole culture, and on this day we both demonstrate and celebrate its many contributions to our contemporary folklife. Join us for our 2025 Créole Culture Day, Sunday, June 8!

Schedule:

Performance Center:
10 AM Herb Green Percussion
11 AM Catalon Award Presentation
12 PM Kaleb LeDay & the Zydeco Prodigies
2 PM Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band

Cooking Demos
11:30 AM Ms. Delores Sias Sweet Dough Pies
1:30 PM Krystal Moses with Greedy’s to Go: Shrimp Creole

In the village: CREOLE Inc: Creole Inventors & Musicians
Louisiana Folkroots Instrument Petting Zoo
Daphne Thomas: Ancestral Stories
Charles Chassion: Visual Arts
Adrien Guillory-Chatman: Kouri-Vini Reading & Create-A-Story
Cheryl Forbes Montgomery; A Story of Enslavement
La Table Creole & La Table Chantane                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Belle Heritage — Dr. Elista Istre
Revina Amos: Visual Art
PLUS Canoeing and Crafts 11 AM – 3 PM