Dancehalls in Vermilion Parish

Unknown Dancehall

Unknown dancehall located on Cushing Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets- info from 1921 Kaplan Sanborn Insurance Map ...

Unknown Hall

Sanbourn map 1921- corner of Cushing & 4th Street- open under on 3 foot Br. Piers ...

Hylites Lounge

From http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/documents/hylitessettle.php: Accused of racial discrimination after three African Americans were refused service in 1999 ...

Lulu’s

Photos courtesy of Scott Longon Scott Longon: “These are a couple of pictures that I got from my grandmother.  They are dated November 1955.  There seems to be construction material in from of the lounge door so that may be the year it was constructed. Next door was LuLu’s restaurant.  The picture with the two men are Frank Guidry (left) and Lulu Broussard (right).  I think I got the matchbook while at the bar when I was in high school, probably 1980-81.” The building is gone- a gas station occupies the lot now.   ...

Riceville Dancehall

KBON Pat Richard- Between Gueydan and Morse- “Saturday nights there would be a French band from 8-12 and then a Rock-n-roll band from 1-5 in the morning”- Pat Richard ...

Tony’s Circle Top

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 ...

Unknown Dancehall

Unknown dancehall located on Garland Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets- info from 1927 Gueydan Sanborn Insurance Map ...

LaFitte Club

Cookie & Cup Cakes had amps busted because they talked to white girls tehre ...