Smiley’s

Status: Closed

Parish: Vermilion

Location: Erath

2206 Veteran’s Memorial Drive: Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “Smily’s Bayou Club is located on the highway outside Erath. It features swamp pop and Cajun music. It opened in 1978 and is currently open. The building is of brick construction, has a hip/asphalt shingled roof, no parapet, and has a concrete slab foundation. The dance floor is constructed of wood strips. The bar and dance floor are located in the same room. The exterior is in good condition” Hollis Bodreaux- “Good times in that place. Only opened on the weekends for the dances, Smiley Menard ran a old fashioned Cajun dance hall. Top Cajun bands from the area would provide the entertainment, the Touchet Brothers, Donny Broussard and the Louisiana stars and well you get the idea it’s no longer there but he carried it over to the red carpet lounge between Erath and Delcambre La.” (Hwy. 14) Swamp Pop the 2nd and 4th Saturday night- Cajun every Sunday

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Photo Credit: John Sharp