A & E -> A&E THU, OCT 13 10:31AM by Anna Purdy

Downtown Alive! for Oct. 14

This weekend is comparable to how busy Festival International is every April. Lots to do and see, which is great if you have unlikable house guests to keep busy, no? While there are all sorts of doings in Girard Park don’t forget: Downtown Alive! Friday in Parc International and featuring zydeco and UL.

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Celebration and a UL Homecoming Pep Rally are part of Downtown Alive!’s Oct. 14 festivities.

Starting off, Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express play at 5:30 p.m. in honor of this weekend’s Festivals. Trahan has been a player on the Louisiana music scene and stages for more than 20 years. If you are new to Trahan just ask anyone to do that “Butt Thing” and you will get slapped or danced with. Either way, educated.

At 7 p.m. while the bands are changing over, UL homecoming will be celebrated. Announced on stage will be the coaches, football players, cheerleaders, dance team and the UL Homecoming Court of 2011. Everybody is encouraged to wear red to show their “Ragin’ Cajun” spirit.

Finishing off Downtown Alive’s night is Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble around 7:30 p.m. Taylor comes from a zydeco family and has been playing all of his life (his uncle is Lil’ Buck Sinegal). Expect lots of people and dancing.

BikeLafayette will be hosting another bike corral. Look for them at the side of the park closest to Lee Avenue. It is a courtesy offered by BikeLafayette and Downtown Alive! but tipping is always a nice thing to do. Look for rickshaws pulled by bikes downtown as well.

As always there is no smoking in the park. Drinks are available and some noshes as well. If it walks on four legs leave ‘em at home, if it crawls on two legs please bring ‘em. Oh, and if you are having a hard time keeping track of the who/what/when/where/why for the Oct. 14-16 weekend in Acadiana, have a look-see right at Colossus.

See you all out there and remember: a few napkins in your pocket might save your day at any outdoor festival.

Related Articles:

Comments (1)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

...
written by Joe Politico , October 13, 2011 - 12:06 pm

Don't forget about the Official Cutting of the Boudin at 5 PM in Girard Park followed by Geno Delafose, Christine Balfa, Hert Leblanc (New Brunswick), Bruce Daigrepont, Joel Sonnier and Michael Doucet to kick off Festivals Acadiens et Creoles!

You must be logged in to post a comment. Log in using your Facebook account or register if you do not have an account yet.

Most Read

Glenn Stewart convicted

In rendering his ruling, District Judge John Trahan all but called the real estate developer a liar for inconsistencies in his accounts of what prompted him to punch a school teacher unconscious.
Dana Baker resigns from Festival International
Frank’s Casing Crew going public

Frank’s Casing Crew, now doing business as Frank’s International, will make its final appearance on ABiz’s list of the Top 50 Privately Held Companies in Acadiana this year, and once again it will likely be at the top with more than $1 billion in annual revenues. The 75-year-old company specializing in tubular fabrication and installation services to the oil and gas industry plans to offer shares of its stock to the public for the first time.
Landry, Pierre playing the blame game

The defeat, or rather highjacking of House Bill 420 in the final days of this year's Legislative Session, say Reps. Vincent Pierre and Terry Landry, is the result of the propaganda spread by one unidentified local media outlet and an unnamed former state Representative, but nothing to do with the original legislation's lack of checks, balances or details.
Shelvin loses cool, fails to disclose conflict

City-Parish Council Chairman Brandon Shelvin heaped steady doses of condescending ire on a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana executive while failing to reveal his financial ties to a BC/BS rival.

in case you missed it

The One Who Got Away

Abbeville native David Primeaux was a popular professor until his death late last year, and while he was successful at camouflaging a dark past, he couldn’t outlive it.
Fore!

Before District Attorney Mike Harson tees off for a fifth term in office, he should seriously consider what might be coming at him.
The Day Primeaux Died

Now we know why the former pedophile priest committed suicide late last year, and the story behind it is more riveting than his death.
Risky Business

Tehmi Chassion’s failure to recuse himself in the school board’s selection of a group health benefits provider raises ‘serious questions’ on whether he violated state ethics law.
Posthaste VS. DAVID EGAN

He’s a singer. A songwriter. A piano man. A family man. He’s even got his own Wikipedia entry. He’s David Egan. And he knows ancient secrets about the monolithic stones of Stonehenge that he’s not willing to share.