Convention Services

Lafayette, LA, offers a variety of services to help make your meeting planning easier. To request convention services, please fill out the form below at least 30 days before the convention date. Please note that not all meetings or events will qualify for convention services. If you have questions about our convention services and whether your meeting qualifies, please contact us.

Farmers Markets in Acadiana

Farmers markets in Lafayette and the surrounding areas offer a vibrant glimpse into the region's rich agricultural traditions and cultural diversity. From the fields of the…

Lafayette Weekly

A weekly curated playlist by local musician Philippe Billeaudeaux featuring music by Lafayette, LA musicians with a weekly rundown of live music happening in and around the area…

Cajun Music

Cajun music is a central component and marker of Cajun identity and culture in southwestern Louisiana. Largely accordion and fiddle-based and primarily sung in vernacular French…

Cajun & Creole Instruments: Accordion

A relatively recent invention, the bellows-driven, vibrating reed squeezebox known as the accordion, was first manufactured in Germany and later in Russia in the 1820s. It is…