International Poboy - Out to Lunch - It's Acadiana

It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch

If you live in Acadiana there s a good chance you attend your fair share of festivals. It seems like there s a festival around here just about every week. That s because there is. If you re in a Cajun band and you think at one time or another you ve been booked to play all of them, Google "Acadiana Festivals." I bet there s a couple you haven t heard of. The crown jewel of our Acadiana Festivals is Festival International. Over 300,000 people attend the Lafayette festival every year. Artists come from 20 countries. Maybe it s just me but it seems to get bigger and more fun each year though I m just judging that by the time it takes to recover. The Executive Director of the Festival since 2016 is a gentleman you might also know as a mild mannered software designer. Or, conversely, the badass drummer from Scott s Drum Center. He s one in the same, Scott Fehan. Two of the newest festivals around here are the Acadiana PoBoy Festival and Plate Lunch a palooza. The Poboy Festival is designed to celebrate the legacy of the humble poboy sandwich. And Plate Lunch a palooza is all about making a big deal about our local love affair with a good deal good meal. Both of these local food centric celebrations are the product of a company called S.E., which stands for Social Entertainment. If you like being social and being entertained you may already be familiar with the creative force behind S.E. He s also the guy behind Dix Daiquiris, Tropical Smoothie, and the Jefferson Street Pub. He s Gus Rezende. photos at Cafe Vermilionville by Gwen Aucoin.

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