IND L!VE offers highlights of the many live music events taking place around Acadiana this weekend.
STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS + LIL NATE & THE ZYDECO BIGTIMERS
Thursday, Oct. 8.
Warehouse 535
Doors: 9 p.m.
Visit Warehouse 535 after Festivals Acadiens et Creoles for live performances from Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys along with Lil’ Nate & The Zydeco Big Timers.
RAY ABSHIRE AND FRIENDS
Thursday, Oct. 8
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 8 p.m.
Ray Abshire is one of Cajun Music’s purest accordionists and vocalists and a living link to its very roots. He grew up in what is now referred to as the “Dance Hall Era” of South Louisiana and was surrounded by Cajun Music’s pioneer artists. His style remains unfiltered with it’s own wholesome electricity. Each and every time you attend a Ray Abshire performance you are guaranteed the “REAL DEAL” in Cajun Music.
HOOF IT! ZYDECO DANCE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY WITH TERRY & THE ZYEDCO BAD BOYZ
Thursday, Oct. 8
Feed & Seed
Doors: 7 p.m.
Hoof It! Zydeco Dance One year Anniversary Party with Terry & The Zyedco Bad Boyz. Doors open at 7pm, Lessons 7:30-8:30, Music shortly following. $5 cover for the lesson and the band!
LANE MACK + ZYDECO RADIO
Friday, Oct. 9
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Born & Raised in Cajun Country, Lane Mack knows a thing or two about letting the good times Rock and Roll! He owns the stage with masterful guitar licks and a vocal range that surpasses many. Zydeco Radio is a hard hitting zydeco band cooked up right here in Lafayette and served to you hot. It is the culmination of ideas and a collaboration of styles from several musicians from varied backgrounds. Yet, they all have one thing in common...love for getting people out on the dance floor.
GENO DELAFOSE & FRENCH ROCKIN BOOGIE + ROCKIN DOPSIE JR & THE ZYDECO TWISTERS
Friday, Oct. 9
Warehouse 535
Doors: 9 p.m.
Come party at Warehouse 535 after Festivals Acadiens et Creoles with Rockin Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters and Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie. Admission is $15.
RODDIE ROMERO & THE HUB CITY ALL STARS
Saturday, Oct. 10
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars are a premier Louisiana band who is celebrated not only for their authenticity when performing or recording traditional Cajun and Creole music indigenous to South Louisiana, but also for their original roots songwriting which stays true to Louisiana inspirations. They are notorious house-rockers who put on an energetic show bound to make everyone get up and dance!
WAYNE TOUPS & ZYDECAJUN
Saturday, Oct. 10
Warehouse 535
Doors: 9 p.m.
Come party at Warehouse 535 after Festivals Acadiens Et Créoles with Wayne Toups and Zydecajun. Admission is $15.
MAKERS REEL
Saturday, Oct. 10
Saint Street Inn
Doors: 7:30 p.m.
Visit the Saint Street Inn post Festival Acadiens for a special performance from their own neighborhood, pyschedelic folk rock impressarios Makers Reel. We will be serving our new Fall menu and have some tasty drink specials as well.
LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS
Sunday, Oct. 11
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Lost Bayou Ramblers was formed by brothers Andre and Louis Michot, performing the roots Cajun music they learned as members of Les Frere’s Michot, the family band their father and uncles formed in the 80’s. The Brothers quickly began playing clubs and festivals around Louisiana, and taking the traditional music they were raised with to new levels of rhythmic energy and spontaneity, producing the punk and psychedelic labels given to the band by reviews over the years.