ACA Announces 2015-2016 Music Lineup

Lafayette’s Acadiana Center for the Arts (ACA) has released its lineup for the 2015-2016 season with headlining artists such as Lee Ann Womack, George Porter Jr., Randy Newman, Zachary Richard, Buddy Guy, The National Circus and Acrobats of China, Paquito D’Rivera and more.

The lineup also includes AcA’s AllStars series featuring artists like The Hot Sardines, St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Shovels & Rope.

Here’s the complete schedule:

October 7th & 8th

A Festivals Acadiens et Creoles & LA Crossroads Encore Presentation of Zachary Richard’s Attakapas—The Story of the Cajun People

November 24th

Louisiana Crossroads Season Kick-off—Rhiannon Giddens & Dirk Powell

November 27th & 28th

Funky Turkey Thanksgiving Celebration: George Porter Jr. & Runnin Pardners

December 17th & 18th

A Cajun & Creole Christmas feat. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Buckwheat Zydeco, Sweet Cecilia, Lil Buck, Eric Adcock and the Huval School of Music Children’s Choir

January 14th & 15th

Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country: Contemporary reinterpretations of Alan Lomax’s historic field recordings

February 23th & 24th

Down by the Riverside: The Blind Boys of Alabama and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

April 6th

LA Crossroads presents: Buddy Guy with special guest Quinn Sullivan

May 19th & 20th

Soul Survival: Celebrating South Louisiana’s vocal talents in Gospel, Soul and Zydeco

ALLSTARS SERIES

October 15th

Denim & Diamonds Kickoff Party: Lee Ann Womack

October 23rd

Todd Snider & Elizabeth Cook

November 14th

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

December 11th

The Hot Sardines Holiday Stomp

March 1st

AcA AllStars Presents: Randy Newman

April 2nd

Shovels & Rope

FAMILY PERFORMANCE SERIES

November 15th

Imago Theatre

December 14th

National Circus and Acrobats of China: Peking Dreams

March 13th

Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players

May 4th

Lightwire Theater: The Show

PASA MAIN STAGE