French Food Festival

The Lafourcheais, or people of Lafourche, have been doing this tasty thing each October for forty-something years now, which is to stuff the Larose Civic Center with dozens of food booths then tempt thousands of festival-goers with local specialties such as white oyster soup and shrimp boulettes. Live music by local artists like Benjamin Bruce & the Acadians, Shorts in December, Waylon Thibodeaux, and the JP Bourgeois Band. Plus, exhibits, an art show, a petting zoo, and carnival rides. 5 pm–midnight Friday; noon–midnight Saturday; 11 am–4 pm Sunday. Free. bayoucivicclub.org.