Biggest Cajun & Zydeco Festival in Louisiana Happening In July 2025

The state of Louisiana is renowned for its rich culture, vibrant music, and delectable cuisine. The Bayou State is the home of Cajun, Swamp Pop, and Zydeco music, and there is nowhere else in the world where you can experience that type of music and culture.

Louisiana festivals are renowned for featuring numerous Cajun and Zydeco musicians performing live. One of the state's largest festivals, held every July in Kinder, Louisiana, is dedicated exclusively to Cajun and Zydeco music. It is called the Coushatta Crossroads festival.

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The Coushatta Crossroads festival started back in 2010 and has been going strong ever since. For the past 15 years, the festival has featured two stages at opposite ends of the venue with live Cajun and Zydeco music all day long. Once one artist finishes, within two to three minutes, the next band starts. They keep the music going nonstop all day with 11 straight hours of performances.

The festival takes place inside the pavilion at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana. It also features a massive dance floor right in the middle of the venue for people to waltz and jitterbug to their favorite songs. Each artist will play for one hour before the next one takes the stage.

This year's festival will feature 10 different Cajun or Zydeco artists, with two of them being Grammy Award winners. I am so honored to be your host again for the festival this year. I have hosted the festival since it started, so this will be my 15th year hosting. So, who is playing this year?

2025 Coushatta Crossroads Entertainment Lineup

1;00 pm -- Chubby Carrier

2:00 pm -- Louisiana Express

3:00 pm -- Geno Delafose

4:00 pm -- Leroy Thomas

5:00 pm -- Travis Matte

6:00 pm -- Horace Trahan

7:00 pm -- Bernie Alan

8:00 pm -- Wayne Toups

9:00 pm -- Richard Leboeuf

10:00 pm -- Rusty Metoyer

The festival will take place on Saturday, July 19, 2025, with doors opening at Noon and the music starting at 1:00 pm. Tickets are available here. We will see you out there.