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Vermilionville Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance): RJ and Kreole Smoove

Vermilionville

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. Come 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. Sunday, April 2, 2023 featured band:  RJ and Kreole Smoove Admission 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. + GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT

Vermilionville Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance): Reggie Matte & Friends

Vermilionville

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. Come 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. Sunday, April 9, 2023 featured band:  Reggie Matte & Friends Admission 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.

Earth Day 2023

Vermilionville

Celebrate the planet and learn ways to improve and enhance our life on earth. Come to Bayou Vermilion District's Earth Day celebration, Saturday, April 22, 10 AM - 4 PM. There will be a variety of activities, crafts, recycling, seed exchange with the seed library, music, food and even the Worm Lady Recycles! Included in our celebration: TRAIL with a Bike Scavenger Hunt We'll celebrate the opening of the Healthy Acadiana Seed Library Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society Sierra Club BackYard Sapphire Glass Recycling Lafayette Bike and Pedestrian Bike Lafayette with their Bike Kitchen LaSOAR Ducks Unlimited Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market Come Celebrate Earth Day with us!

Vermilionville Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance): Wallace Trahan and Rice & Gravy

Vermilionville

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. Come 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. Sunday, April 23, 2023 featured band:  Wallace Trahan and Rice & Gravy Admission 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.

Les Vues Free Film Series: No One Went Hungry

Vermilionville - Performance Center

Les Vues, the free film series at Vermilionville is back! Our April 2023 selection is No One Went Hungry: Cajun Food Traditions Today, a film by Kevin McCaffrey. After the film, enjoy a presentation by Food Historian and Vermilionville interpreter Jay Steiner.

Bal du Dimanche: Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners

Vermilionville

Bayou Vermilion District & Vermilionville host the Bal du Dimanche (Sunday Dance) EVERY WEEK.  This live music series is held in Vermilionville’s Performance Center and rustic dancehall from 1-4 p.m.  Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the Vermilionville Living History museum. Come 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. Sunday, April 30, 2023 featured band:  Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners Admission 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 All proceeds from this event go towards helping the Bayou Vermilion District and Vermilionville fulfill their local, environmental and cultural missions.

Les Mains Guidées — Edible Wild Plants with Mark Suter

Vermilionville

Edible Wild Plants Come join us for a walk to learn edible wild plants of Southern Louisiana! Proper identification will be covered to safely identify about 50 different wild plants that can provide food. These were used by both Native Americans and early settlers of the area! Mark Suter is the owner and head instructor of Primitive Texas and Louisiana, a wilderness survival school that conducts outdoor classes in both states. He has been studying and using edible wild plants for over 25 years and is working on publishing a second book on the subject. Wild plants are free, nutritious, and very common! Les Mains Guidées -- Edible Wild Plants with Mark Suter will be held Saturday, May 6 from 1 -3 PM. Cost $35 per person.

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Les Vues – May “SoLA: Louisiana Water Stories”

Vermilionville - Performance Center

Les Vues, Vermilionville's free film series is back and better than ever. May's selection is "SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories, a documentary by Kevin McCaffrey. Speaking after the film will be Meadow Landry, Acadiana Master Naturalist & coordinator for the Outdoor Adventure Kids Program. Join us for an educational and fun evening, 6:30 PM, Monday May 22.

Les Mains Guidées: Wax Flower Couronne

Vermilionville

As part of its mission for the preservation of traditional trades and folkcrafts, Vermilionville continues to host monthly workshops allowing our community to learn a craft from the Acadian, Creole and Native American traditions. Topics range from woodcarving to foodways (and many things in between). For the November Les Mains Guidées, Ivy Lemieux - one of our highly experienced craft artisans - will share the methods used for designing and building a wax flower couronne, traditionally used for the decorating of graves for All Saints Day. Guests will learn to form the delicate flowers from paper and wire, how to dip them to preserve the shape, and how to bring these together to form the traditional wreath. During this workshop, Ivy will also share some of the other elements of mourning and All Saints traditions in history. You can register below and purchase tickets for $30, all needed materials and supplies included!

$30

FREE Native American Culture Day

Vermilionville

Native American Culture Day is slated for Saturday, November 18, 2023, 10 AM – 4 PM at Vermilionville. It’s a FREE festival with family-friendly events, demonstrations, cultural exhibits and much more. Tribal groups who will participate include: Louisiana Attakapas Eagle Tribe, Avogel Tribe of Louisiana, Atakapas-Ishak Nation of Southwest Louisiana, Jean Charles Choctaw Nation, Natchitoches Tribe of Louisiana, The Houma Nation and the Coco Tribe of Canneci Tinne. The day will begin at 10 AM. Opening ceremony at 10:30 AM by the Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Southwest Louisiana. Throughout the day, there will be dancing and drumming, music demonstrations, cultural and craft displays, storytelling, tomahawk throwing, crafts for the family, and more. Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Admission is free. For more information call 337-233-4077 or visit www.vermilionville.org.