After months of planning and scheduling, it’s finally here -- the Grand Reveil Acadien, GRA 2025, the “Great Acadian Awakening!” scheduled October 11-18 throughout Acadiana.
Le Grand Reveil Acadien (GRA) 2025 celebrates the cultural significance of Acadians, especially in the 22 Acadian parishes of Louisiana, and encourages connections among Acadian “cousins” throughout the world.
GRA 2025 is a multi-parish experience celebrating the lasting cultural impact of the Acadian people. Daily events will be held in October 2025 across Acadiana. Started in 2011, the purpose of this event is to encourage Acadians from around the world to continue to advance our unique lifestyle through shared memories, French speaking events, bonding and fellowship over Cajun food and music, and the general celebration of our shared culture.
The schedule of events of Acadiana cities include:
Saturday, Oct. 11 - Opening Day in Abbeville 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Join in on the fun in downtown Abbeville’s Magdalen Square as Vermilion Parish kicks off the 2025 Grand Reveil Acadien Celebration. Cajun music, French tables, food demonstrations, booths featuring festivals, attractions and more, food and refreshments for sale, and more. Visit www.vermilion.org/events/grand-reveil-acadien-opening-ceremonies.
Sunday, Oct. 12 – Lafayette where a French Mass will be held at St. John Cathedral on St. John Street at 9 a.m., followed by a “tintamarre” all leading to the annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles in downtown Lafayette. Fore more info, visit Festival Acadiens et Creole www.festivalsacadiens.com.
Also on Sunday, the Richelieu Leger Family Association reunion will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 123 Lions
Club Road in Scott
(sueneveaux@yahoo.com).
Monday, Oct. 13 – Loreauville
at the Acadian
Odyssey Monument.
Tuesday, Oct. 14 – Vermilionville
where “Family
Tables” will be on-site
for sharing information.
Also enjoy guest speakers,
“Birth of Cajun Culture”,
taste of local foods and
Cajun French music located
at 300 Fisher Road in
Lafayette between 10 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 15
– Event at Center for
Louisiana Studies at Roy
House;
Breaux-Guidry-Hebert
Family Reunion at the
Knights of Columbus
Hall in Scott located at
123 Lions Club Road. For
more info, visit gaylebreauxsmith@
gmail.com
or guidryrmartin@gmail.
com or billyhremote@aol.
com.
The Mercredi Show will
be held in Carencro (www.
facebook.com/MercrediShow).
Thursday, Oct. 16 -
Nicholls State University
Symposium (John Doucet,
PhD) in Thibodaux (visit
lacajunbayou.com for
other events in Lafourche
Parish, such as the Louisiana
Gumbo Festival in
Chackbay on October 10-
12.)
NOTE: CODOFIL exhibit,
“Louisiana French-
-Preserve & Evolve,”
at E.D. White Historic
Site, 2295 Highway 1 in
Thibodaux from June 7
through October 31.
For the St. Martin Parish
and St. Martinville
areas on Friday, Oct. 17 -
Lafourche and Terrebonne
parishes major events
will include the Rougarou
Festival on Oct. 17-19 in
Houma. Visit www.rougaroufest.
org.
Also on Friday, Oct. 17,
the City of Broussard will
host its Business Appreciation
Day -- Come on over!
On Saturday, Oct. 18 -
Lafourche and Terrebonne
parishes major events will
continue the celebration of
the Rougarou Festival—
October 17-19 in Houma
The GRA closing day
will be on Saturday, October
18, in the “Buggy
Capital” of Church Point
with the following schedule
planned:
• 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. –
Artisans’ Market – Le
Vieux Dépôt – Main St.
at Rue Iry Lejeune. An
open-air market proudly
showing off the talent of
local people, focusing on
handmade locally grown
or sourced items showcasing
local culture.
• 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
– Open House - Le Vieux
Presbytère Museum – 205
Rue Iry Lejeune.
• 10 a.m. - French
Speaking on the Porch. At
the same location. Both
beginners and native
speakers welcomed.
Other events include
free tours of the museum,
live music by “Cajun Fire,”
and food, and drink at the
same location.
• 4 p.m. – The Mass in
French – Our Lady of the
Sacred Heart Church –
Church Blvd. at Bienvenu
St.
While in town, visit
other local establishments,
including the Cajun’s
Event Center, 9210
Church Point Highway,
which offers live music
and dancing on Saturday
nights.
