Forest Club

Parish: St. Martin

Location: Breaux Bridge

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

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Johnnie Allan and the Krazy Kats, 1957, L to R Al Foreman, Leroy Castille, Bhuel Hoffpauir, Johnnie Allan, and U.J. Meaux

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.” Opened by Pierre LeBlanc, who owned the Boundary Club. It catered to a more traditional crowd and featured mostly French music.Right at the Parish Line- not far from the Boundary Club.

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Photo Credit: Center for Louisiana Studies, Archives of Cajun Creole Folklore, Margie Lamperez Breaux Collection, Johnnie Allan Collection, Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette