Dancehalls in St. Martin Parish

Club LA

No frills backwoods zydeco club, zydeco bands on Saturday nights and after trail rides: 2043 Coteau Rodaire Hwy. ...

Dermilie Calais Dancehall

Mildred Calais: on the corner lot down from Crawfish Barn: corner of Dermilie Calais and 347- large older wooden hall that has been gone for years. Road named after Milie Calais the owner ...

Friendly Club/Lounge

2462 Main Highway: picture of Claude Duffy & his Fire Band by Nick Spitzer ...

Green Frog

now the Endiglo Cafe- originally named something else but borrowed name from another local popular club that had closed ...

JB Angelle’s Dancehall

Mildred Calais: It was an old hall- no name on the front- they offered home made ice cream and stuff like that is the summer to attract people ...

Knott’s Place

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 ...

Pat Davis Lounge

2655 Main Hwy: Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “Davis Lounge is located on the parish highway in Cecilia. It was previously called the Blue Gardenia. It opened in 1981 and closed in 2013. The building is of frame construction, has a front gabled and metal roof, no parapet, and has a concrete slab foundation. The dance floor is located in the same room as the dancehall. It is in good condition.” b/n Cecilia & Breaux Bridge- pass Poche Bridge- Dominick Davis’family- west side of bayou- on right- after school- trailer park- previously another club (different name?) back by the bayou- then it moved closer to road- old club was named Blue Gardenia: 2655 Main Hwy. 337-667-4422 ...

Peggy’s Club

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 ...

Speak Easy

1967 Newspaper clipping uploaded to FaceBook group Lafayette Memories Speak Easy Restaurant and Lounge Open Daily- 7 PM- ‘Til Closed Sunday Between Broussard and New Iberia ...