Make your trip count.
As you visit the communities along the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway, you can still hear the Cajun and Creole French spoken in shops and on the street, while taking delight in our famous cuisine, and dancing to rhythms that run through our very life.
(Founded 1843)
Cajun Musicians Capital & the Buggy Capital
Courir de Mardi Gras - February/March
Cajun Woodstock - April
Twinned with Church Point, Nova Scotia & Bertrix, Belgium
(Founded 1887)
Rice Capital of America
Restored Crowley Motor Co. housing City Hall, History of Crowley, Rice Interpretive Center, J.D. Miller Music & Ford Automotive Museums
Historic Rice Theatre offers live performances
National Historic Register - 200+
International Rice Festival - October
Rice City Classic Car & Antique Tractor Show - April
Twinned with Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium
Iota
Tee-Mamou Mardi Gras Folklife Festival - February/March
(Founded 1883)
Frog Capital of the World & the City of Murals
St. Joseph’s Cemetery - listed by Ripley’s “Believe It or Not”
Antique shops
Bernard-Bertrand Museum
Rayne Frog Festival - May
Twinned with Neufchâteau, Belgium & Granby, Québec
Richard
Little Cajun Saint of Southwest Louisiana, Charlene Marie Richard, grave site
Roberts Cove
Basile
(Founded 1898)
Chataignier
(Founded 1856)
Bird watching
(Founded 1907)
Cajun Music Capital of the World
Fred’s Lounge - Saturday morning Cajun music for over 40 years
Le Courir de Mardi Gras à Cheval - February/March
Mamou Cajun Music Festival - September
Twinned with Sprimont, Belgium
Pine Prairie
(Founded 1904)
Turkey Creek
(Founded 1957)
Home to many artisans and crafts people
Ville Platte
(Founded 1824)
Swamp Pop Capital of the World
Smoked Meat Capital of the World
Evangeline - commemorative bronze statue
Louisiana State Arboretum - 300-acre nature preserve
Native Plant Heritage Garden
Chicot State Park - built in 1930’s, the largest state park in Louisiana, over 6,000 acres
Miller’s Lake Bird Sanctuary
Le Grand Hoorah - April
Louisiana Cotton Festival - October
Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte - October
Twinned with Durbuy, Belgium
St. Landry Parish
(Inc. 1870)
La Junction - the meeting of Bayou Teche & Bayou Fuselier
Semaine de la Francophonie - April
Étouffée Festival - April
Twinned with Jausiers, France
(Founded 1894)
Prairie Cajun Capital
Liberty Theatre - featuring live Cajun & Zydeco music Saturdays, Rendez—vous des Cajuns show
Savoy Music Center - Saturday morning Cajun music jam sessions
Jean Lafitte National State Park - Prairie Acadian Cultural Center
Courir de Mardi Gras - February/March
Twinned with La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium & Caraquet, New Brunswick
(Founded 1776)
National Historic District - over 70 architectural or historic properties. Also noted for its magnificent live oak allée
Academy of the Sacred Heart, est. in 1821. Location of only miracle in the US certified by the Vatican
Sweet Dough Pie Festival - October
(Founded 1899)
Atchafalaya River Basin Gateway
Lebeau Zydeco Festival - June/July
(Founded 1889)
Filming location for the last scene of Easy Rider
(Founded 1720)
Louisiana’s third oldest city
Zydeco Capital of the World
Le Vieux Village Historical Park, Heritage Museum & Tourist Center
The birthplace of the “King of Zydeco”, the late Clifton Chenier
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival - August/September
Twinned with Florennes, Belgium
(Founded 1888)
Budden’s General Store, opened 1934
(Founded 1760)
Birth Place of Bayou Teche
Cracklin' Festival - November
(Founded 1904)
Rubboard Capital of the World
Herb Fest - May
Twinned with Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, France & Nassogne, Belgium
(Founded 1720)
Major steamboat port in the 1800s
National Historic District
Twinned with Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium