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Frank and Tony Productions Present Rod Gator in Concert
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 at Vermilionville Performance Center FRANK AND TONY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT ROD GATOR IN CONCERT AT VERMILIONVILLE PERFORMANCE CENTER, LAFAYETTE, LA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021. 7:30PM This 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 PURCHASE TICKETS HERE ROD GATOR You 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 […]
Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day
Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park JOINS SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE’S 17TH ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY Free Admission on September 18, 2021 with a downloadable Museum Day ticket Saturday, 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. The 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. Museum 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. With 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 […]