BEAUMONT, Texas — Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church will hold its annual zydeco dance fundraiser on Friday, September 5, at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The event, featuring Rusty Metoyer ...

LAWTELL, La. (KLFY) – Officials say a popular and historical zydeco dance hall is now a total loss after a fire reignited early Wednesday morning. Firefighters first responded to Miller’s Zydeco Hall ...

Opelousas, La- Slim's Y Kiki Zydeco dance hall is home to six decades of Zydeco. It served as the heartbeat for Zydeco fans and performers like Clifton Chenier, Chris Ardoin, Keith Frank, and many ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

You are invited to come and have a good time with Zydeco Ya Ya, The hottest band on the bayou! WHERE: The Grey Eagle – 185 Clingman Avenue – Asheville, N. C. WHEN: Saturday, October 29, 2016 – 3:00 – ...

Zydeco is happy music, they say. Unlike many of the solemn or suave partner dances you find in ballrooms around the world, zydeco is pure joy. "We have a lot fun," said Chere Weiss, president of ...

When Sid Williams opened El Sid O's Zydeco and Blues Club in Lafayette in 1984, he helped launch musicians — including members of his own family — who would go on to become some of the genre's most ...

Waves of migration brought southwest Louisiana’s Creole culture to Houston’s Frenchtown, where zydeco now draws crowds of dancers young and old. Editor’s note: This episode was filmed in February, ...

This post originally published on KQED, San Francisco’s NPR and PBS affiliate. See more of KQED Arts’ award-winning video series If Cities Could Dance here. KQED filmed this episode in February, ...