Dancehalls in Lafayette Parish

Rapture

Early 1990s venue 209 Jefferson Lafayette Photo from Facebook Group “Lafayette Flyer Art” posted by Lisa Glorioso Leonard ...

Milton Civic Center

Photo from Facebook Group “Lafayette Flyer Art” posted by Lisa Glorioso Leonard Venue that occasionally featured live music- mostly all age shows ...

John’s

Photo from Facebook group “Lafayette Flyer Art” by Mark Medlin Lafayette venue that featured live music 607 N. University Flyer from January 11, 1985   ...

Haricots

Photo from Facebook group “Lafayette Flyer Art” by Mark Medlin Lafayette Barbecue restaurant that featured live music Flyer from May 9, 1989   ...

Downtown Chateau

Early to mid 1980s venue- flyer possibly from 1983 534 Jefferson Street Lafayette Photo posted to Facebook group “Lafayette Flyer Art” by Daniel Boustany ...

Cafe 101

Lafayette venue that featured primarily local bands Photo posted to Facebook group Lafayette Flyer Art by Lisa Glorioso Leonard ...

Renaissance

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.” ...

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.” ...