The only 2010 North American date for grunge rock veterans Pearl Jam and the return of Aretha Franklin — who backed out of last year's 40th anniversary show — highlight a promising lineup for the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Other headliners include The Allman Brothers Band, Lionel Richie, Widespread Panic, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, and Van Morrison. Visit the Jazz Fest Web site for the full lineup.
As always, many Acadiana acts will be sharing the bill over the two weekend festival; They include: Terrence Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Wayne Toups & ZydeCajun, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Roddie Romer & the Hub City Allstars, Savoy Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Red Stick Ramblers, David Egan, Lil' Buck Senegal Blues Band, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Pine Leaf Boys, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Warren Storm, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Ray Abshire, Thomas "Big Hat" Fields, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, and Bonsoir, Catin.
JazzFest is April 23 - May 2 at the New Orleans Fairgrounds. Tickets are up to $45 per day in advance and go on sale today.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
At Thursday's State of the Economy luncheon, LEDA President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux said PXP has already quietly hired 180 people for its Broussard expansion.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
The only 2010 North American date for grunge rock veterans Pearl Jam and the return of Aretha Franklin — who backed out of last year's 40th anniversary show — highlight a promising lineup for the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Other headliners include The Allman Brothers Band, Lionel Richie, Widespread Panic, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, and Van Morrison. Visit the Jazz Fest Web site for the full lineup. 
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