Lockport hosts ‘La Fete’

Hungry for some great Cajun cuisine? Awesome swamp pop music that rocks your soul? Then mark your calendar for April 17-19 to visit Lockport Food Festival’s “La Fete Du Monde.”

The event originally was held in downtown Lockport as a means of raising money for the Holy Savior Catholic School. But because of a rule change in the Catholic church, it was discontinued, organizer Dee Dee Gaubert explained.

But people had grown to love the annual event by then. So, several non-profit groups united to bring the La Fete Du Monde back to the downtown area.

Today, the festival is sponsored by organizations such as the Lions Club, Lockport Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, Bayou Lafourche Folk Museum, the Town of Lockport and the Lockport Fire Department, Gaubert said.

True to its roots, La Fete Du Monde is a feast for food connoisseurs. The Cajun cuisine ranges from homemade jambalaya and gumbo to seafood po-boys, onion mums and crawfish etoufee.

Slated to perform are Warren Storm & Willie T and the Cypress Band, Velvet Sky, Jake & the Nifty 50s, Wayne Foret, Gary T, the Foret Tradition, Kenny Fife & Bac Trac and Treater.

No festival would be complete without a midway with rides, and the Lockport Food Festival doesn’t disappoint there, Guabert said. A pay-one-price armband admits festival-goers to all the amusements, like the bump cars, the Ali-Baba Sizzler and other rides. Armbands are available at the festival or in advance at Lockport Town Hall.

For more information, contact Gaubert at (985) 532-5209.