Get your groove on with two free concerts in Downtown Lafayette Friday, both at Parc Sans Souci.
Get your groove on with two free concerts in Downtown Lafayette Friday, both at Parc Sans Souci.
The fun begins at noon with a Bach Lunch performance by Soul Creole, a hot new band featuring Louis Michot of Lost Bayou Ramblers and zydeco hotshot Corey Ledet on accordion. Bach Lunch is a fundraiser for the Lafayette Science Museum and the $6 boxed lunches - provided this week by Chick-Fil-A, Creole Lunch House and O'Charley's Restaurant - help keep the event free. Get there early for the lunch, which typically sells out by noon.
At 6 p.m. Downtown Alive! kicks out the jams with a performance by Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, a New Orleans fave and probably the only zydeco band fronted by a rubboard player. Downtown Alive! is also a free fundraiser for the Downtown Development Authority and concession sales, which begin at 5:30, help keep it that way so please leave the ice chests at home.