Celtic Bayou Fest

Lafayette's 5th Annual Traditional Irish St. Patrick's Day Festival returns, bringing the very best in traditional Celtic music and entertainment. Downtown will be seeing green with cultural events including an Irish Whiskey Tasting, a Guinness Cook-off, a Bailey's Bake-off, a pub crawl, a young musicians competition, and a Lenten crawfish boil. All of this happening against a background of Acadian & Celtic medleys sparking inner urges to kick up your feet. The lineup includes Sophie & Fiachra, The Here and Now, EJ Jones with Frances Cunningham, the Rayo Brothers, Joel Savoy and Linzay Young, The Vulcan Eejits, Emerald Accent, The Whiskey Bay Rovers, Celjun, The Baton Rouge Caledonian Pipes and Drums, and The Ryan School of Irish Dance. Starts at 6 pm on Friday and at 11:45 am on Saturday. $10 entry; $100 VIP. Visit celticbayoufest.com for the full schedule and details.