Unknown Hall

Dancehall by the landing- burned down-early 1960s- frequented by fishermen and trappers ...

Rainbow

Bruce Daigrepont: I played there once in the 1990s- it was between St. Martinville and Cade- older French crowd ...

Spanish Lake 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.” ...

Kingfish

Photo of exterior from Facebook group Kingfish Nation- posted by Daryle Richardson, Ticket posted to Facebook group Lafayette Memories by Jason Lynch 1099 Lake Martin Road 1990s techno/rave club known for opening at 2 AM and staying open all night. Club goers brought their own alcohol.   ...

Knights of Columbus Hall

KC hall on Washington Street near intersection with Van Buren (then 50 Washington) across from Teche Lumber Co & almost next to the City Hotel Info from 1929 Breaux Bridge Sanborn Insurance Map ...

La Toupee

DL Menard: “I’ve been there- it was at the beginning of Breaux Bridge. I played there- as a matter of fact- our fiddle player told us that Hank Williams just died (January 1, 1953). Playing with Freddy Tauzin in those days.” Owner was Kearney (Fatty) Thibodeaux. In English, it was called “the top.” It was a circular building that looked something like a spinning top. Located in the area where the fruit stand is on the Breaux Bridge highway now. ...

Lima Lounge

Listed on “Night Clubs I Remember”: http://louisianamusic.yolasite.com/night-clubs-i-remember.php ...

Mulate’s

Marty Guidry: About 1953 Mulate Guidry moved his Rendezvous Club from Henderson to nearby Breaux Bridge and renamed it Mulate’s. Mulate’s was both a restaurant and dance hall located at 325 West Mills Avenue (LA Highway 94) in Breaux Bridge. In 1980 Kerry Boutte purchased Mulate’s and expanded it. In 2011 it was purchased by the long-time manager Jimmy LaGrange and renamed Pont Breaux’s, but it’s still the same fine Cajun restaurant and dance hall with some of the best Cajun bands playing there. I remember hearing Oran “Doc” Guidry, the premier Cajun fiddler, playing there in the 1980s. Old dancehall before- moved there for restaurant & added onto. Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers”: Lionel Leleux played there in the Mulate Playboys with Don Montoucet, U.J. Guidry, and Sim Schexneyder. Previously known as The Wandering Aces, the band changed it’s name after beginning to play at Mulate’s after Lawrence Walker’s death in 1968 from a heart attack. Outtakes of Alan Lomax’s “Cajun Country” show Octa Clark and Hector Duhon playing there in 1983: ...