Bayou Vermilion District / Vermilionville : Preserving Natural & Cultural Resources
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WelcomeWelcome To The Bayou Vermilion District &
Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park Website.
For over 20 years Bayou Vermilion District has provided a valuable service for the citizens of Lafayette Parish, the heart of Acadiana. The Master Plan for the Bayou Vermilion District recognizes the Bayou Vermilion as one of Lafayette's most unique assets. The work performed by the District serves to beautify, conserve and manage sites along the bayou ensuring the preservation and enhancement of the natural and cultural resources in Lafayette Parish.
The Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park is an operating unit within Bayou Vermilion District created to preserve and represent Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures within the region. It provides Lafayette residents and visitors from all over the world a wonderful opportunity to view a lifestyle as it occured during a time period spanning from 1765 to 1890. Vermilionville is the largest physical representation of Acadian and Creole culture in the world. The park sits on a beautiful tree-covered 23-acre site on the banks of the Bayou Vermilion in the heart of Lafayette, providing a place for music, food expression, cultural exchange, historic architecture and much more.
Improving the recreation quality of the Bayou Vermilion is an important mission for the Bayou Operations Team. Capturing and removing stormwater trash and other debris from the water and banks of the Bayou Vermilion dramatically improves the Bayou's water quality. Working closely with Lafayette Consolidated Government, Bayou Operations maintains several public boat launches and parks along the Bayou Vermilion.
The Bayou Vermilion District maintains and enhances life along the Bayou Vermilion for all residents of Lafayette Parish and Acadiana, and provides the best in bayou recreation and cultural history to our citizens and for visitors who regularly travel here from all over the world.
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May 8, 2013 | by VermilionvilleThe Vermilionville Living History Museum Foundation is pleased to announce they are the proud recipients of a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works Grants in the Folk & Traditional Arts category to support Vermilionville’s Folklife Education Program.
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May 25, 2013The community is invited to take a canoe trip on the Bayou Vermilion. $5 insurance fee to American Canoe Association for a canoe or bring your own canoe or kayak and paddle for free. Canoe trips are held every second and last Saturday of the month weather and river conditions permitting. Please RSVP in advance by emailing Margot Addison or calling (337) 233-4077 x 205.
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May 25, 2013Join Vermilionville for their weekly Cajun Jam led by some of the area’s finest musicians. The free jam is held in the Performance Center of Vermilionville and is open to all skill levels-beginner to professional. Free admission is for jam only and does not include entry to the park. Special thanks to the Cajun French Music Association for sponsoring our weekly jams!
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May 26, 2013Come dance the afternoon away from 1 – 4 p.m. at Vermilionville's Performance Center with Carl Hollier & Cajun Company. Admission is $5 and refreshments will be available for this smoke-free family-friendly event. For more information call (337) 233-4077.
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Jun 1, 2013Join Vermilionville for their weekly Cajun Jam led by some of the area’s finest musicians. The free jam is held in the Performance Center of Vermilionville and is open to all skill levels-beginner to professional. Free admission is for jam only and does not include entry to the park. Special thanks to the Cajun French Music Association for sponsoring our weekly jams!
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Jun 2, 2013Come dance the afternoon away at Vermilionville's Performance Center with Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys. Admission is $5 for this smoke-free family-friendly event. Refreshments will be available. For more information call (337) 233-4077.
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Jun 8, 2013The community is invited to take a canoe trip on the Bayou Vermilion. $5 insurance fee to American Canoe Association for a canoe or bring your own canoe or kayak and paddle for free. Canoe trips are held every second and last Saturday of the month weather and river conditions permitting. Please RSVP in advance by emailing Margot Addison or calling (337) 233-4077 x 205.
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Jun 8, 2013Join Vermilionville for their weekly Cajun Jam led by some of the area’s finest musicians. The free jam is held in the Performance Center of Vermilionville and is open to all skill levels-beginner to professional. Free admission is for jam only and does not include entry to the park. Special thanks to the Cajun French Music Association for sponsoring our weekly jams!
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Jun 9, 2013The11th annual Creole Culture Day will celebrate the heritage of our Creole ancestors through oral traditions/storytelling, music, dance, cooking demonstrations, language and crafts plus live music. Admission is free to the public.
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Jun 11, 2013June's topic is The Many Guitars of Cajun and Creole Music. The series is presented by the Center for Louisiana Studies and sponsored in part by Decentralized Arts Funding distributed by the Acadiana Center for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts in partnership with the Vermilionville Foundation. Free and open to all ages.
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Jun 15, 2013Vermilionville artisan Greg Guidroz will walk you through the process of how to plant, care for and gather crops to feed you and your family. Each quarter he will focus on various crops he is collecting and getting ready to plant for the season. He will also prepare some recipes for the food he is harvesting and share samples with the audience.
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