August

Weather report Sunny. Afternoon showers are hoped for. Happenings at the Moon Please visit bluemoonpresents.com for live music schedule at the back porch saloon.   Happenings in Lafayette • Second Saturday | Artwalk (Downtown, easy walking distance from Blue Moon) Art galleries and spaces are open for perusal every 2nd Saturday of the month.  Many places offer free light snacks & live music.    • 8/18 – 20 | Le Cajun French Music Festival Awards Show (Heymann Performing Arts Center & Blackham Coliseum) - Easy driving / biking distance from Blue Moon - Cajun arts, crafts, food, music & dancing. www.cajunfrenchmusic.org Around Acadiana • 8/16 – 20 | Delcambre Shrimp Festival (Delcambre, about 1 hour driving) (www.shrimpfestival.net) • 8/24 – 27 | Gueydan Duck Festival (Gueydan, about 45 minutes driving) Celebrate the quackers! (www.duckfestival.org) • 8/31 – 9/4 | Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival (Morgan City, about 1 hour driving) Who woulda’ thought shrimp and petroleum went together?! Louisiana’s oldest chartered harvest festival. (www.shrimp-petrofest.org) Lagniappe • Bream & sac-a-lait fishing. Check here for out-of-state permit requirements ($5 for a one-day pass). • Fireflies on the levees. • Chirping tree frogs on the outskirts of town. • Crickets.