1974

CODOFIL-linked "Tribute to Cajun Music" at Blackham Coliseum

A Tribute to Cajun Music was held on March 26, 1974, at Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, after Dewey Balfa met with CODOFIL chairman James Domengeaux about the event. Nearly 12,000 people attended, and the concert grew into Festivals Acadiens, formed in 1977 under the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission.