1967 Newspaper clipping uploaded to FaceBook group Lafayette Memories 3138 Johnston Banjos-Booze-Beer Wanted: Trumpet Players, Trumbone Players, Banjo Players Open 8 PM Banjo Band begins at 9 PM Everyone welcome from 18-80 Entertainment every Thursday, Friday, & Saturday ...
Rimrock Saloon
Newspaper clipping uploaded to FaceBook group Lafayette Memories “We are waiting for you at Rimrock Saloon Kick up your heels at the largest dance floor in Acadiana. Located two miles past Acadiana Mall on the Abbeville Hwy.” Tom Stanley: “I bartended at Judge Roy Bean’s back in the late 1970s and played drums for bands called Roadeo and The Marcus Jamer Band at places like Rimrock and Winchester Saloons, along with Grant St Dance Hall, opening up for The Radiators there once upon a time, and played in a houseband for a time at the Banacek Lounge. Trying to find old bandmates – and find out whatever happened to these places over the decades.” ...
Stardust
3116 Cameron Street, Lafayette 1967 Newspaper clipping uploaded to FaceBook group Lafayette Memories “Let’s Go Dancing!” Bobby Brooks his guitar and Combo Saturday Night Only 10 A.M. – 2 P.M. Cocktail Hour 5-7 pm Daily Mixed Drinks 50c No one under 21 allowed in the Lounge ...
Vermilion Queen
150 person capacity Lafayette riverboat that featured evening dance cruises and regular food service. The Vermilion Queen docked at the area just over the Pinhook Bridge, across from the Hilton Hotel, where Outback Steakhouse is currently located. Photos from FaceBook group Lafayette Memories-uploaded by Craig Zimmerman ...
Feed and Seed
103 North Grant Street Lafayette, LA 70501 337-237-4860 http://feednseedlafayette.com Stop the Clock Cowboy Jazz Band at the Feed and Seed 2014 ...
Cotton Club
(L-R) in photo: Floyd Brasseaux, Francis Alleman, Ray Arceneaux, A.B. Melancon, Clarence Arceneaux, band leader Calvin Holloway Photo courtesy of Ray Arceneaux “I played at the Cotton Club outside of Lafayette on the old Carencro Highway on the right side of the road.”- Ray Arceneaux ...
Jules Guidry’s Hall
Ward 1, Poll 2 Public polling place, listed in The Lafayette Advertiser, October 27, 1894 newspaper item: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1894-10-27/ed-1/seq-5/ ...
Blue Moon Saloon
215 East Convent, 337-234-2422; bluemoonpresents.com: World Famous Honky Tonk & Hostel: owner Mark Falgout; Cajun, Zydeco, Roots Rock, Alternative bands Soul Creole at Blue Moon Saloon 2013 Cedric Watson at Blue Moon Saloon ...
Cowboys
207 N. Ambassador Caffery Pkwy 232-3232 cowboyslafayette.com ...
El Sid O’s
Old Urban Zydeco nightclub, sporadic performances (MLK & St. Antoine)- 235-0647: Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “El Sid O’s is a zydeco club in the city of Lafayette. It was opened in 1985 and continues to be active today.” El Sid O’s ...