Lafayette club that featured touring acts as well as local favorites 425 Jefferson Street Lafayette Was previously the club Metropolis Photos from Facebook group Lafayette Flyer Art, posted by Stephen ...
Blackham Coliseum
Host to UL Basketball games, rodeo and 4H events, Blackham Coliseum also occasionally played host to concerts as well. From the Blackham Coliseum Wikipedia page: “In the 1960s, it became popular as a venue for pop concerts where acts like The Supremes, James Brown and Jackie Wilson. The Supremes played to soldout audiences on their ‘Symphony Tour 1965’…The venue serves as home to the Grammy-styled, annual Le Cajun Music Awards Festival held every August by the Cajun French Music Association, an association of Cajun music enthusiasts for the preservation of the Cajun music, language, heritage and culture.” ...
Artmosphere
Lafayette venue that features a widely varied calendar of performers, ranging from Cajun and Zydeco to indie rock and metal 902 Johnston St. Lafayette 337.233.3331 http://www.artmosphere.co Flyer by Chad Norris ...
Wild Salmon
Lafayette venue that features a widely varied calendar of performers, ranging from Cajun and Zydeco to indie rock and metal 813 Foreman Lafayette 337.988.0052 https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wild-Salmon Photograph by David Young ...
Dixie Dancehall
Phyllis A. Roy: “My grandmother owned the Dixie Dancehall in Carencro. Clifton Chenier played there every Christmas…..the street where the dance hall was has been renamed in her honor: ‘TeeMa’ road.” ...
Quebedeaux / Leger house dance
Jeanette (Bourque/Leger) Wickham: “My mother and father grew up in the Northern outskirts of Crowley, Louisiana past the old stock yard and near a coulee that goes to Ville Platte. My mother lived there since 1916. “In the 1930s, her family (Quebedeaux/Leger) used to have house dances for surrounding relatives and friends. It was my mother’s job to attend to the old RCA phonograph record player with the records in the order of songs to be played , changing the records out as each song ended. Her brother, Dennis was a naturally gifted musician and he could play the guitar, accordion, fiddle, and harmonica without ever having taken a music lesson in his life. So, naturally she grew up listening to his music and others.” ...
Teen Age Center
Terry McDaniel: “I’m from Pine Prarie, which was somehow a dry ward in the 1950s. The Rock Island Line railroad ran south through Turkey Creek, Pine Prairie, Easton, and Barber Spur on down to Mamou. Before anyone could drive, my buddies and I would jump onto south bound train cars and jump off in Mamou. We’d walk over to the Teen Age Center and go to dances. We’d usually just catch a ride back home in a car.” ...
The Pavillion
Fulton C. Felterman, Jr.: “(The Pavillion) was built in Patterson about 1900 or earlier, torn down in the 1930s and the lumber used to build a gymnasium at Patterson High School. Later, the gym was moved to Hattie Watts Elementary School and still later the building became an American Legion Post.” ...
Air-o-way Club
Lian Cheramie: “In the 30’s and early 1940 it was in Leroy (where North Vermilion High School is now) and it was called the ‘Barras Dancehall.’ Then in 1940 they moved it to Nunez (outside of Kaplan) and it was the ‘Air-o-way Club’.” LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment by Becki Johnson: “My grandparents owned the club… From left to right: Irene Barras Castille, Ed Barras, Hazel Barras Faulk, Unknown, Edward Barras, Effie Landry Barras. Picture (taken in 1940) shows Highway 25 but it is Highway 35, in Nunez.” ...
Lake Shamaree Bar
From “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History” by Chere Coen: “If the soldier could, he would visit the nearby local tavern, the Wigwam that was located along the banks of an old mining pond” in Forest Hill, wrote Roger Butter in ‘Camp Claiborne: Only the Memories Remain.’ The Wigwam later became the Lake Shamaree bar, once frequented by George Jones and Willie Nelson.” ...