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  • A Celebration of French Language and Culture in Louisiana!

    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    Come out to Vermilionville for a Celebration of French Language and Culture in Louisiana! On 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! ***** Venez à Vermilionville pour une célébration de la langue et de la culture françaises en Louisiane! Le 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!   Event Schedule: 8:00:  Day opens to cook-off contestants and other presenting organizations. 8:30:  Cook-off begins 10:00:  Day opens for all guests 10:45:  Jambalaya Cooking ends - tastings begin! 11:00:  Canoe races begin! 11:00:  Jambalaya Pickup for judging 11:00:  Econ and Culture Panel Discussion 12:00:  Cook-off winners announced 12:15:  The coronation of the Mayor of Vermilionville 12:30:  Louisiana French Oral Histories: témoignages du passé, tremplins vers l'avenir 1:30:  Live Music - The BeauSoleil Trio 2:00:  Writers […]

  • FREE Native American Culture Day

    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    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.

  • Healing Traditions of Acadiana — Herbalism & the Civil War

    Vermilionville - Performance Center

    Lanier Cordell, a native of Louisiana, began studying alternative medicine and the use of medicinal herbs while still in high school and has continued this study for 55 years.. She grew up in Metairie and has lived in a wide variety of growing zones including Nashville, Tennessee, Bennington, Vermont, Troy, New York, Westchester County, New York, and south Louisiana. Her paternal grandmother introduced her to the wonders of the elder plant and began her several decades journey in the study of medicinal herbs. Lanier is a former Louisiana master gardener, a past member of The Herb Society of America and a past chair of the Baton Rouge Unit. Lanier is an accredited public relations professional and has worked in marketing, public relations and advertising for more than 30 years. She is also a writer and has had feature articles in numerous national publications and is a published author. Her book, Equinomics: The Secret to Making Money with Your Horse Business was a top seller on Amazon.com for several years. She is an internationally certified yoga therapist and teaches yoga at Miles Perret Cancer Services and The Center for Loss and Transition at Hospice of Acadiana. She lives on a 32-acre […]

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    Les Vues September: “After the Spill”

    Vermilionville - Performance Center

    Vermilionville's Les Vues FREE Film Series continues in September, with "After the Spill', a documentary that examines the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion & spill on the coastline, the economy and the people of Louisiana. Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful evening, Monday, September 30 at 6:30 PM.

  • FREE Native American Culture Day

    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    NACD24 Native American Culture Day is slated for Saturday, November 16, 2024, 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, Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Southwest Louisiana, the United Houma Nation, the Canneci Tinne Choctaw Tribe, the Avogel Tribe of Louisiana, the Jena Band of Choctaw and the Natchitoches Tribe of 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.

  • Healing Traditions of Acadiana — From Prayers to Plants: how plant remedies are used in traitement

    Vermilionville - Performance Center

    Dr. Dana David Gravot highlights a local understanding of traitement, or treatment as it is called in English, a healing tradition specific to Francophone Louisiana. After the Acadian resettlement in Louisiana—a Spanish colony at the time—the Cajuns developed a unique, blended culture in response to both a physical environment (which included swamps, bayous, marshes, and prairies) and a social environment that mixed continental and Caribbean French peoples, Germans, Spaniards, Indigenous peoples, and African and Anglo-Americans. Sharing the need for medical attention, the practice of traitement—and the importance of traiteurs—was born. The presentation will highlight uses of local plants to address illnesses.

  • FREE Native American Culture Day

    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    Native American Culture Day is slated for Saturday, November 22, 2025, 10 AM – 4 PM at Vermilionville. It’s a FREE festival with family-friendly events, demonstrations, cultural exhibits and much more. 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.