Cajun & Zydeco in St Louis

2012 Dances at Focal Point
2720 Sutton, Maplewood, MO
for more info on dances (314) 822-0310
click here for directions to
Focal Point & the Maya Cafe

 

basic Cajun dance lessons at 7:30pm music for dancing 8:15pm
no partner necessary, all ages welcome

Celebrate Mardi Gras
**Wednesday February 8**
**Wednesday March 14**
dances with the Cajun Gator Baitors!($8)

**Wednesday April 4**
Backdoor Cajuns with Dennis Stroughmatt ($10)


See "Day Trips & Beyond" below for Cajun Events & Festivals out of town


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Cajun Gator Baitors
Patricia Bagaglio, Tom Martin, John Higgins, Paul Jarvis (drums), Mike Waters (guitar)
contact Tom at 314 971-4210

Veux-tu parles le francais?
Allez au lien ici!

Or got an envie for some real deal Cajun food? Visit theGumbo Shop! at the corner of McKnight & Manchester Rd. in Rock Hill.


link to listen on line to
Howzit Bayou
4:00-7:00pm Tuesdays,
on KDHX 88.1fm
St Louis community radio
 
Play that Chanky-Chank so we can dance!


T-Wayne avec les Swamptones - Cajun dance veterans
Les "Jellyroll" Lewis,guest artist Dennis "McGee" Stroughmatt, Thayne "T-Wayne" Bradford, Country Bob Breidenbach (back row) Vinnie "DuBois" Corkery, Rusty Parker, Gary "Chubby" Hunt
St. Louis' traditional Cajun Band. The group plays danceable Cajun waltzes and two-steps seasoned with a little zydeco, swamp pop & honky tonk.
If you would like to hire them for an event, mail me below.

Coming to St Louis
Wednesday December 7
Morris Ardoin
Dennis Stroughmatt
Rob Krumm
Cajun/Creole Connection

$12 cover
Focal Point
2720 Sutton, Maplewood
7:30pm lesson,
music 8:15pm
September 18, 2011
annual Bayou Bash St Louis Tornado Relief Benefit!

Iron Barley restaurant,
5510 Virginia
at Bates
in beautiful S. St. Louis!

12:30-7:00pm
Soulard Mardi Gras
go to the link for
2012 Events!
Get you ready !
       
Day Trips & Beyond
February 17-18, 2012
Mardi Gras
Fort Nightly Club
Vincennes, IN
Feb 17 - Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole

Feb 18 - Bishops Ball with Roux de Bayou
5:00-10:00pm
March 2012
Cajun Zydeco Festival
St. Petersburg, FL
CANCELLED
2012
Folklore Village
Cajun music & dance weekend
Dodgeville, WI
line-up TBA
a lovely intimate setting for a weekend retreat with good food, friends, dancing & music
April 20-27, 2012

Louisiana Folk Roots
Chicot State Park,
Ville Platte, LA

learn Cajun music, language & culture from master artists
April 25-29, 2012
Festival International
Lafayette, LA
stages in the downtown area feature music from Cajun country & French speaking countries
first weekend of May 2012
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
Parc Hardy
Breaux Bridge,
LA
see the link for bands & schedule in the Crawfish Capitol
May 18-19, 2012
Pheasant Hollow Winery's
Cajun Festival!
Whittenberg, IL near Rend Lake
Creole Stomp,
Roux de Bayou,
Cajun swing fiddler Hadley Castille & Sara Jayde Williams from Opelousas, LA
additional info
May 2012
Gulf Coast Zydeco Festival
Daphne, AL
see link for lineup??
May 2012
Taste Louisiana
Cajun & Zydeco Festival

Amana, IA

CANCELLED


June 8-9, 2012

Gumbo Ya Ya
Rock Island, IL
TBA
July 3 - ?, 2012
Sawdust Days
Oshkosh, WI
Cajun, Latin, Rock & Karoke stages
TBA
July 6-8, 2012
Cajun Concert on the Hill
Stone Hill Winery, Hermann, MO
Ed Gary & the Louisiana Cajun Aces play for dancing under the pavilion & on the hilltop!
plus Cajun dance troup
see video from July 2008
from Lafayette, LA



August 2012

Nuits Cajun et Zydeco Festival
Saulieu, France

TBA
August 2012
21st annual Cajun French Music Assn Awards
Cade Community Center, Cade, LA
TBA
awards Friday, live music & dancing all day Saturday
Labor Day weekend
SW Louisiana Zydeco Festival
Plaisance, LA
September 2012
Ft Kaskaskia Traditional Music Festival
Ft Kaskaskia
Rte 3 near Chester, IL
Sunday October 7, 2012
annual Fete de L'Automne
Hwy 21 & CC, Fertile, MO
L'Esprit Creole noon-4:30pm
celebrate the French heritage of Old Mines, MO
October 12-14, 2012
International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
La Villita on the Riverwalk - free festival
October 12-14, 2012

Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
Girard Park
Lafayette, LA

honored Bruce Daigrepont in 2011!
the ultimate traditional Cajun music festival - free

October 2012
South Louisiana Blackpot Festival & Cookoff
Cajun, old time, blues & country
Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA
see link
November 2012
Cajun dance with Ehren Oncken & Swampweed
bring non-perishable food items to benefit for Hermann Community Food Pantry
3:00-7:00pm
Stone Hill Winery Pavilion
Hermann, MO
       
 
Take this link to photo galleries of other festivals