CODOFIL AND FESTIVALS ACADIENS ET CREOLES CELEBRATE OVER 50 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW PROGRAMMING AND EXPANDED FRENCH LANGUAGE ACCESS

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) is proud to celebrate more than five decades of partnership with Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, a collaboration that began in 1974 when CODOFIL sponsored the first edition of what was then called A Tribute to Cajun Music. Today, the festival has grown into an independent nonprofit and one of the state’s signature cultural events, while its ties to CODOFIL remain strong. For this year’s festival from October 10-12 ...more...