Fontenot’s Main Street Lounge

Status: Closed

Parish: Evangeline

Location: Basile

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.”

Harry LaFleur and band perform at Fontent’s Main Street Lounge in Basille in a clip from the 1988 documentary film, “Ally Meets The Cajuns”.

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Photo Credit: Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.