Dancehalls in Evangeline Parish

Freeman Fontenot’s Club

Creole dance hall- building behind Freeman Fontenot’s house. Fontenot later switched and moved into the club. ...

Frontier Bar

Included in a 2006 Louisiana Cajun dance hall list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel ...

Kosuth Manuel’s

Included in a 2006 Louisiana Cajun dance hall list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel ...

Bearcat Lounge

1978 Picture of Balfas playing there in Richard Deshotels video ...

A. J.’s Club

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.” ...