Shrimp, Ducks, Wine and More August Festivals in Acadiana

This week, August begins, which means summer is almost over. Though the summer heat here lasts well beyond what most other places consider summer months, this season brings annual festivals you can’t get in the fall or spring.

Make the most of what’s left of this season, and don’t miss out on the upcoming August festivals in Acadiana.

August Festivals in Acadiana

Delcambre

Delcambre Shrimp Festival

• Aug. 12-16
• Shrimp Festival Building (409 E. Main St.)
• No gate fee Wed-Thurs and Sun, $10 Fri-Sat
• Website

The Delcambre Shrimp Festival is five days of live music and food with a pageant, shrimp cook-off, fireman water fights and a blood drive on Aug. 5. Enjoy signature shrimp dishes like boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp sauce piquante, shrimp salad and more. The festival also offers a variety of other food items, cold beer, cold drinks and water.

Gueydan

Gueydan Duck Festival

• Aug. 27-30
• 404 Dallas Guidry Rd.
• No admission cost listed
• Facebook page

The Gueydan Duck Festival has its 50th anniversary of celebrating duck hunting. The festival offers live music, a pageant, state and local calling contests, dog trial competition, skeet shoot contest and more.

Lafayette

Acadian Culture Day

• Aug. 9, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Vermilionville (300 Fisher Rd.)
• Free
• Facebook Event

The Bayou Vermilion District hosts Acadian Culture Day, a free family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts and other demonstrations.

Leonville

Fête-Dieu du Teche

• Aug. 15, 9:30 a.m.
• St. Leo’s Catholic Church (126 Church Rd.)
• Free
• Website

The 12th Annual Fête-Dieu du Teche, a Eucharistic boat procession down  Bayou Teche, will sail at 9:30 a.m. after a French Mass with Bishop Douglas Deshotel. The procession includes stops at each church on the bayou. Additionally, there will be walking processions, benedictions and confession.

Marksville

Sip Wine & Spirit Fest

• Aug. 8, 6 – 8 p.m.
• Paragon Casino Resort (711 Paragon Pl.)
• $35 admission, must be 21+
• Website

A charity event with a variety of food, wine and spirit samples and live music by Troy Marks & No Idea, benefitting United Way of Central Louisiana, Faith House, St. June Children’s Hospital and Atchafalaya River Rescue.