Downtown Lafayette
Festival International de Louisiane turns downtown Lafayette into a free, five day cultural celebration each April, with multiple stages, music, food and art drawing more than 300,000 visitors a year. Metered street parking is free after 5pm on weekdays and all day on weekends, and the Parc Auto du Centre Ville Garage offers 530 spaces. Downtown is also an easy bike ride and sits at the Rosa Parks Transportation Center, close to the regional airport.
Before you go
- Indoor or outdoor
- Outdoor, across downtown streets and stages
- Official site
- downtownlafayette.org
- Next festival here
- Festival International de Louisiane, Apr 21 to 25, 2027
Worth knowing before you go
- Metered street parking is free after 5pm on weekdays and all day on weekends.
- The Parc Auto du Centre Ville Garage at 121 E Vermilion St has 530 spaces.
- Dogs, ice chests and tents are not allowed downtown during the festival, but lawn chairs, blankets and wagons are fine.
- Festival spending runs on RFID wristbands, loaded through the app or at a registration tent.
Festivals here
Venue basics: Free metered parking evenings and weekends · 530 space downtown garage · Bike and transit friendly.
Is it for you
Choose it if
- You want a free, multi stage cultural festival spread across a walkable downtown.
- You would rather bike, bus or fly in than fight for daytime street parking.
Think twice if
- You were planning to bring your dog or an ice chest downtown during the festival.
Getting there and parking
Downtown Lafayette uses the ParkMobile app for metered street parking, and all metered spaces are free after 5pm on weekdays and all day on weekends. The Parc Auto du Centre Ville Garage at 121 E Vermilion St offers 530 affordable parking spaces.
Downtown is easy to reach by bike, with low traffic speeds, pedestrian friendly streets and 75 bike racks. It is also home to the Rosa Parks Transportation Center, Lafayette's central bus and train station, a little over 2 miles from Lafayette Regional Airport with direct flights to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver and Orlando.
Accessibility
We don't yet have confirmed information about accessibility at Downtown Lafayette. The venue's own pages are the place to check: downtownlafayette.org.
Camping
We don't yet have confirmed information about camping at Downtown Lafayette. The venue's own pages are the place to check: downtownlafayette.org.
Food, water and what you can bring
Festival-specific · Festival International de LouisianeDogs are not allowed downtown during the festival, and ice chests and tents are not permitted either. Lawn chairs, blankets, wagons and handheld umbrellas are fine, though space gets tight in the crowds. Spending runs on a cashless RFID wristband system for all food, drinks and merchandise, loaded through the Festival app or at a wristband registration tent.
A little history
Festival International de Louisiane is a free, five day cultural celebration each April that turns downtown Lafayette into a multi stage event with music, food and art from around the world, drawing visitors from up to 48 states and 26 countries and more than 300,000 attendees in a typical year.