The Barn

Parish: Vermilion

Location: Gueydan

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.”