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SUMMARY:A Celebration of French Language and Culture in Louisiana!
DESCRIPTION:Come out to Vermilionville for a Celebration of French Language and Culture in Louisiana!\nOn Saturday\, September 4th\, we’ll be hosting music\, speakers\, panelists\, community organizations\, local beer crafters\, French-style rum from Wildcat Brothers\, and more!  We’ll also have pentanque\, great drinks\, great conversations en français and the Vermilionville Jambalya Cookoff!\n\n*****\nVenez à Vermilionville pour une célébration de la langue et de la culture françaises en Louisiane!\nLe samedi 4 septembre\, on va avoir de la musique\, des conférenciers\, des panélistes\, des organismes communautaires\, des artisans de bière locaux\, du rhum à la française des Wildcat Brothers (Les Frères Pichou) et plus encore!  On aura aussi de la pétanque\, de bons cocktails\, de bonnes conversations en français et le concours de Jambalaya Vermilionville!e!\n  \nEvent Schedule: \n8:00:  Day opens to cook-off contestants and other presenting organizations. \n8:30:  Cook-off begins \n10:00:  Day opens for all guests \n10:45:  Jambalaya Cooking ends – tastings begin! \n11:00:  Canoe races begin! \n11:00:  Jambalaya Pickup for judging \n11:00:  Econ and Culture Panel Discussion \n12:00:  Cook-off winners announced \n12:15:  The coronation of the Mayor of Vermilionville \n12:30:  Louisiana French Oral Histories: témoignages du passé\, tremplins vers l’avenir \n1:30:  Live Music – The BeauSoleil Trio \n2:00:  Writers and Cultural Panel \n2:00:  Canoe races close for the day \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE JAMBALAYA COOK-OFF
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/a-celebration-of-french-language-and-culture-in-louisiana/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture Day,Festival,Music,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Vermilionville Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance)
DESCRIPTION:Bayou Vermilion District & Vermilionville host a live concert series EVERY SUNDAY.  The concert series is held in Vermilionville’s Performance Center venue from 1-4 p.m.  Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the Vermilionville Living History museum. \nCome early and grab lunch at Vermilionville’s restaurant\, La Cuisine de Maman.  The restaurant is open every Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and features authentic Cajun and Creole cuisine. On Sundays\, the restaurant features an all-you-can-eat Sunday buffet. \nSunday\, September 5\, 2021 featured band:  Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express \nAdmission to the Live Concert Series is included in your Bayou Vermilion District & Vermilionville membership.  To purchase or renew your membership online\, visit this link:  https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/membership.
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/bayou-vermilion-district-vermilionville-live-concert/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210916
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SUMMARY:Frank and Tony Productions Present Rod Gator in Concert
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 16\, 2021 at Vermilionville Performance Center \n\n\n\n\n\nFRANK AND TONY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT ROD GATOR IN CONCERT AT VERMILIONVILLE PERFORMANCE CENTER\, LAFAYETTE\, LA\, THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 16\, 2021. 7:30PM \n\n\nThis is a reserved seating event. You may select your seat option from the seating chart at time of purchase. There are only 10 rows in this very intimate venue.   Online ticket sales end 2 p.m. day of show. Remaining tickets will be available the evening of the show at the box office. No Refunds.  Doors Open   6:30 p.m.  Show Starts 7:30 Sharp \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nROD GATOR \nYou can take the Gator out of Louisiana\, but you can’t take Louisiana out of the Gator.  Years before launching his career as an internationally-celebrated southern songwriter\, Rod Gator grew up in the Louisiana backcountry\, making trips to his family’s crawfish pond while absorbing the sounds\, stories\, and swampy swagger of his surroundings.  “My dad is an old-school Cajun guy who wanted to name me ‘Gator\,'” he says. “He’s got a good sense of humor\, and I think he was also a big fan of Burt Reynolds’ Gator films\, which were a hit at the drive-ins in the ’70s.”  Gator’s mother didn’t approve of the suggestion\, and the boy was christened “Rod Melancon” instead. It was under that name that he first made his stand as a musician\, releasing four albums — including 2019’s critically-lauded Pinkville — that blended Louisiana soul with greasy country-rock\, Texas blues\, and electrified funk. Rod’s music didn’t just nod to the American South; it created its own sonic geography\, too\, channeling everything from the dark\, cinematic sweep of Los Angeles (where he moved as an 18 year old actor) to the amplified twang of Austin (his adopted hometown for nearly half a decade). With 2021’s For Louisiana\, he blends that diverse sound with sharply-written songs that take a hard look at his old stomping grounds. This isn’t just a love letter to Louisiana — it’s also an examination of the state’s hard-to-love struggles with social justice\, political reform\, and natural disasters. For a frontman who’s at the top of his game — writing every song\, leading a multi-cultural band of road warriors\, and whipping up his own musical gumbo — there’s never been a better time to level up while still embracing his roots. That’s why he’s adopting a new name. A name with humor\, heritage\, and a bit of a bite: Rod Gator.  “For Louisiana is a product of where I grew up and where I’ve been since I left town\,” Gator says\, speaking in the southern drawl he picked up during his childhood in Vermilion Parish. “It’s also a product of a group of players from different backgrounds\, coming together to create. Any time you have a unique group of musicians from all kinds of cultures\, the sound is going to be special. That’s emblematic of Louisiana\, too. It’s emblematic of the Cajun people.”  These are the strongest performances of his career\, laced with Muscle Shoals-worthy grooves\, overdriven amplifiers\, sharp storytelling\, and Gator’s unique blend of spokenword delivery and southern crooning. He doesn’t just sing; he rasps\, twangs\, talks\, and howls\, dipping into his background as an actor for a larger-than-life approach that’s every bit as evocative as the songs’ arrangements. There’s something equally cinematic about songs like the moody\, guitar-driven “Chickenhawk” (a war song delivered from a military man’s perspective)\, the funky “Mermentau Bridge” (a nostalgic look at the places we’re from\, and the vices that are slow to leave us)\, and the heartland-rock title track\, all of which were co-produced by longtime collaborator (and son of Emmy-winning composer Snuffy Walden) Will Walden along with GRAMMY®-nominated producer and Black Pumas leader\, Adrian Quesada. Meanwhile\, “August 29” is a talking-blues anthem punctuated by Staxsized organs and thick vocal harmonies — the sort of song that might have blasted from the AM radio dial of a muscle car as it pulled into the drive-in for a Gator showing — and “Out Here in Echo Park” is a slow-building\, piano-driven power ballad fit for slow dances and lighters hoisted into the air.  The first album to be tracked at Quesada’s new studio\, Electric Deluxe Recorders\, For Louisiana also features contributions from Melancon’s longtime drummer\, Adam Nurre\, and Black Pumas’ keyboardist\, JaRon Marshall. On an album that’s heavy with A-list collaborators\, though\, it’s Rod Gator who swims to the top. His source material may be heavy — with songs inspired by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, the murder of George Floyd\, and the long-simmering racial tensions that continue to plague Louisiana — but his writing is elevated\, full of the cadence\, characters\, and charisma of his home state. For Louisiana is equal parts love letter to the motherland and rallying cry for cultural progress\, delivered by a Bayou State export who’s still happy to let his freak flag fly.
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/234030/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day
DESCRIPTION:Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park JOINS SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE’S 17TH ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY \nFree Admission on September 18\, 2021 with a downloadable Museum Day ticket \nSaturday\, September 18th\, 2021—Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticketholders on Saturday September 18\, 2021 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 17th annual Museum Day\, a national celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based museums. \nThe annual event allows museums\, zoos and cultural centers from all 50 states to emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington\, D.C.-based facilities\, which offer free admission every day. This year’s event is sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company. \nMuseum Day goes beyond getting visitors through museum doors—it acts as a springboard to empower and help advance the hopes and ambitions of the public\, particularly school-aged children and those in underrepresented communities. It represents a national commitment to access\, equity and inclusion. \nWith many public spaces being shut down for a year or more\, Museum Day 2021 celebrates the reopening of museums after long closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme\, Experience America\, represents the return to\, and resurgence of\, our country’s diverse cultural experiences\, in the safest possible way. While tickets will be free of charge\, participating museums will have safety precautions in place for this year’s event so guests can safely and comfortably enjoy their experience. \nVermilionville’s mission is to increase appreciation for the history\, culture\, and natural resources of the Native Americans\, Acadians\, Creoles\, and peoples of African descent in the Attakapas region through the end of the 1800s. Through historic interpretation and conservation along the Bayou Vermilion\, we strive to educate guests on the interactions of these groups and the connections between past and contemporary folklife\, thus empowering guests to apply these lessons from our shared histories. \nFor Museum Day 2021\, Vermilionville will showcase the “Watershed Exhibit” which introduces the dynamic interconnections of planetary heat distribution due to the seasons\, seasonal weather phenomenon\, the water cycle\, the life cycle of plants and animals\, the physics of watersheds\, the effects of water on humanity\, and the effects of humanity on water. \nVermilionville will also showcase an exhibition titled “Museums: From Curiosities to Caretakers of Culture.” This exhibition will look at the history of museums in general and of Vermilionville. It will provide education on the important and prestige of the American Association of Museums’ Accreditation\, as well as the role Vermilionville plays in the cultural educational landscape of the Attakapas region. the Living History museum’s permanent exhibitions will demonstrate the “Caretakers of Culture\,” while Wunderkammers (Cabinets of Curiosities) will be curated and installed to demonstrate the “Curiosities” part of museum history. \nMuseum Day tickets will be available for download at Smithsonianmag.com/MuseumDay beginning August 18\, 2021. Visitors who present a Museum Day ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues on September 18\, 2021. One ticket is permitted per email address. A list of participating museums\, which will be continually updated as more museums continue to register\, can be found at Smithsonianmag.com/MuseumDay. \n For more information\, please visit Smithsonianmag.com/MuseumDay. \nAbout Smithsonian Media \nSmithsonian Media is comprised of its flagship publication\, Smithsonian magazine\, Air & Space magazine\, Smithsonian Books\, and the Smithsonian Media Digital Network. In addition\, Smithsonian Media oversees the Smithsonian Institution’s interest in the Smithsonian Channel\, a joint venture between the Smithsonian Institution and CBS/Showtime. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian Enterprises\, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries\, the National Zoological Park\, and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million people from around the world visit the museums annually. (smithsonianmag.com / si.edu)
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/museum-day/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Vermilionville Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance):  Blake Miller and the Old-Fashioned Aces
DESCRIPTION:Bayou Vermilion District & Vermilionville host a live concert series EVERY SUNDAY.  The concert series is held in Vermilionville’s Performance Center venue from 1-4 p.m.  Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the Vermilionville Living History museum. \nCome early and grab lunch at Vermilionville’s restaurant\, La Cuisine de Maman.  The restaurant is open every Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and features authentic Cajun and Creole cuisine. On Sundays\, the restaurant features an all-you-can-eat Sunday buffet. \nSunday\, September 26\, 2021 featured band:  Blake Miller and the Old-Fashioned Aces \nAdmission to the Live Concert Series is included in your Bayou Vermilion District & Vermilionville membership.  To purchase or renew your membership online\, visit this link:  https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/membership.
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/vermilionville-bal-du-dimanche-sunday-dance/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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