Let's Talk, But In French
The first Creole Culture Day. An art exhibit by cofounders Fernest Broussard and Milton Arceneaux, a French table, original Creole dishes, and a live cracklin demonstration.
Gatherings · 2022 — Now
Events & Milestones
Creole Culture Day, Creole Heritage Month, boucheries, and French tables. Where the culture gathers.
Next up · Film Premiere
The Old Way Still Cuts: A Creole Boucherie
October 1, 2026 · Delta Grand Theatre, Opelousas, LA
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2022
Louisiana Creole Culture becomes official
We registered as an official organization and started the Facebook and Instagram pages.
The apparel line launches
Our first Creole Culture apparel drop.
2023
Our first site crash
A Mardi Gras t-shirt campaign trended and took the site down.
First event as an organization
The cofounders attended their first event under the Louisiana Creole Culture name.
First networking event
Our first event built to bring people together.
First short film contribution
Our first contribution to a short film, with an interview.
First partnership with Zydeco Extravaganza
The start of a long relationship with the Creole Coachella.
First interview on public record
Our first recorded interview about Creole culture and the French language.
First time on television
Creole Culture reached the TV airwaves for the first time.
First time on the radio
On air with the Cravins Brothers Zydeco and info show.
Our first publication and exhibit
We launched Creole Tapestry and Luminary Voices: Magnifying the View of Influence, and our first exhibit.
The event becomes Creole Culture Day
We officially renamed it Creole Culture Day: Let's Talk, But In French, added a live band, and doubled the crowd.
First short film under our umbrella
Our first film short documenting the culture ourselves.
First independent French table
Hosted with Patricia Harris. Filled to capacity.
First time in newspaper print
Louisiana Creole Culture and Creole Culture Day in print for the first time.
First national media collaboration
With StoryCorps, featuring Leigh T. Porter.
First local collaboration
A community Christmas event.
First audio preservation project
Documenting zydeco for the record with Texas Folklife.
Sealed into two time capsules
Our first book placed into 50-year and 100-year time capsules with Lafayette Consolidated Government.
2024
First international documentation
Our first documentation of Creole culture abroad.
First speaking engagement
With the Lafayette public school system.
First documentary partnership
A new documentary collaboration.
First grant received
Funding the second book, Creole Tapestry and Luminary Voices: A Cultural Mosaic.
Filming begins on the boucherie film
We started filming The Old Way Still Cuts: A Creole Boucherie.
The Get To Know series launches
A zydeco short series that became the seed for Built On Zydeco.
A joint book project begins
With award-winning journalist Ruth Foote.
Filming begins on Parish Okra
Production started on the okra short film.
Second book launch and month-long exhibit
The opening ceremony of Creole Heritage Month. The first exhibit opening ever held there, and the first to stay up the entire month.
3rd Creole Culture Day, a permanent home
Our first full boucherie, named the Leonard Jones, Sr. Boucherie in honor of Jocorey Houston's grandfather. We added Creole French bingo with Patricia Harris and the genealogy hub, now the Ruth Foote Heritage Hub, hosted by Ja'el "Yaya" Gordon.
Built On Zydeco, first official filming
The first day of official production on the documentary.
2025
Monochrome Roots, Vibrant Rhythms
A solo exhibit featuring Creole Culture honorees and an International Creole Jam with first families of zydeco. On exhibit for eight weeks.
First live performance music video
Keith Frank's And the Beat Goes, filmed at Cowboys Nightclub.
REFRAMING Cinema Film Festival
Partnered with Vues de Culture to launch the first minority-based film festival of its kind.
A neighborhood project partnership
Working with the museum on a community project.
10,000 followers, 100% organic
Our Facebook page crossed ten thousand, with no paid promotion.
CreateLouisiana grant for Built On Zydeco
Funding secured for the documentary.
Front-page feature
Built On Zydeco's first print feature, on the front page.
Louisiana Project grant
Awarded by the Louisiana Division of the Arts, administered for Region 4 by the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
Third book, Hands of Heritage
Hands of Heritage: A Collaboration Project launched, powered by Cecilia Spice Co., with a forward by Ja'el "Yaya" Gordon, spoken word, readings, and live music.
Bryant Benoit's Creole Culture Day artwork
The first original Creole Culture Day artwork, created by award-winning artist Bryant Benoit and turned into a poster. It was his last piece before his passing.
4th Annual Creole Culture Day
The boucherie tripled in attendance. We added a chicken run and chicken butchering, and a full lineup: the Broussard Sisters on juré, a Creole jam session led by Mark Ardoin and friends, and Step Rideau. Three hogs for the first time, the largest 650 pounds. Family reunions joined, RVs dry-camped the weekend, and we broke attendance records. Closed show.
Featured on Louisiana folk life
Creole Culture Day and the boucherie featured in a presentation on Louisiana folk life and preservation.
First food drive
Led with support from Rusty Metoyer and Why Play Trailride.
First parade appearance
With Built On Zydeco.
2026
On the panel
We presented at the Rise Up conference, representing Creole Culture Day.
First TV interview and trailer drop
Dustin Cravins and Mike Dopsie on Built On Zydeco, with the official trailer release.
Built On Zydeco world premiere
Premiered at the 29th French Film Festival. Keith Frank and Dexter Ardoin played an acoustic set of Creole music before the film. For the first time, directors Milton Arceneaux and Dustin Cravins and producer Robert Chevalier shared a stage, in the Q&A.
First international screening
An official selection at Festival de Cine Antigua.
zydeco.guide launches
A mobile-first guide to the zydeco scene.
First win
Best Feature Documentary for Built On Zydeco.
Lafayette premiere of Built On Zydeco
Invite-only to max capacity. We received a proclamation from Senator Gerald Boudreaux. A Q&A followed with Donald Cravins Sr. and the Honorable Judge Cravins, moderated by Dustin Cravins.
9th film selection
Built On Zydeco's ninth festival selection.
Today
79,000 strong, and still building
Our Facebook community is at 79,000 organic followers. Built On Zydeco holds nine festival selections. Parish Okra is still in production, capturing every season. The Old Way Still Cuts premieres October 1 to open Creole Heritage Month, and the 5th Annual Creole Culture Day follows October 3 in Grand Coteau.