Dancehalls in Vermilion Parish

Silver Slipper

Forked Island, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Plaza

From information at the Kaplan Museum: “The Plaza: Located in present day Abshire Addition, this club was a very respectable dance hall. Mothers would come and sit at tables, watching their daughters and sons dance. It was often stated that the mothers ‘looked like a jury’.” ...

Bonanza

Kaplan, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Clemons

Abbeville, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Starmist

Abbeville, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Four Corners

LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment- Mark Prevost: “…my uncle John Blanchard used to own or run a bar in Kaplan (I think) named the Four Corners.” ...

D Esquire Lounge

D Esquire Lounge East Hwy, 14 Kaplan, Louisiana Phone MI 3-9213 LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment- Mark Prevost: “…my uncle John Blanchard used to own (The ‘D’ Esquire Lounge) back in the early 60’s. I have the match book cover from it…” ...

Dee’s Lounge

LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment – Michael Juan Nunez: “One more is a place called “Dee’s Lounge”. Located on the Hwy14 bypass in Abbeville. (It is still standing and operating today) I played there with singer named Ronnie Vice for 3-4 years every Sunday night. In the mid to late 90’s The stories from that place would take me all night to write down.” ...

The Barn

LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment – Michael Juan Nunez: “In Guydan outside of town heading toward Lake Auther there was a dancehall called ‘The Barn’ in the early 90’s. Live music every weekend…mostly Cajun and Country bands… The Barn was a very popular place in that area during that time. By this time in my life I had been playing professionally for a few years and hooked up with a country and Cajun band named ‘Down South’. We would play the barn probably once a month or so, to packed houses during this time. I can remember guys like Richard Lebouf was coming up, and would play there…occasionally springing for ‘big’ draws like Wayne Toups…typical dancehall stuff of the early 90’s. Fun loving people of Vermilion would come down and kick back a few (or more) and dance the night away. I don’t recall there ever being much trouble in lines of bar fights and whatnot…which was typical of a lot of places at the time.” ...