Gueydan Duck Festival

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Before Jean Pierre Gueydan founded the town named after himself, he lived in Abbeville, which was thirty miles west of a hunter's paradise that Gueydan visited often. What else could a dyed-in-the-wool hunter do but found a town for himself bang in the middle of all that bounty? That fair-feathered reputation follows the town of Gueydan to 1977, when it gained the official title "Duck Capital of America" and launched its annual Duck Festival.

All the usual small-town festival fare is available, along with duck-and goose-calling competitions, cook-offs, a parade, skeet shooting competitions, dog trials, pageantry, rides and games, duck carving, and other activities. This year's musical entertainment includes The Jo-Genes, Mais Oui!, Swampland Revival, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin' Cajuns, Luke Meaux & Cajun Beat, The Adam Leger Band, Frank Foster, The Casey Peveto Band, Rusty James, Damon Tory, and Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. Free. Find the full schedule at duckfestival.org.