Festivals Acadiens et Créoles will return to Girard Park this weekend with a lineup featuring some of the biggest names in Cajun and Creole music, a revived stage and a new partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. Here’s what you need to know before heading out.
What’s new?
This year, a team from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage will attend the festival to experience and document the music, food, art and language that organizers say make Cajun and Creole culture unique.
Festivals Acadiens et Créoles was selected by the Smithsonian as one of 34 folklife events nationwide to participate in its Festival of Festivals initiative, which highlights festivals that serve as spaces for cultural exchange, civic engagement and dialogue…