Barricades are ready on Park Avenue for the Mardi Gras crowds. Mardi Gras events in Eunice begin Friday with live music on 2nd Street. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
From demonstrations on cooking gumbo, live entertainment for five days to a final frenzy of bead-catching, the Eunice Cajun Mardi Festival opens on Friday on South 2nd Street.
The schedule includes the following.
— On Friday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Four Horses will entertain, and from 9 to 11 p.m. Wayne Toups will be on stage.
— On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to noon Donna Angelle & The Zydeco…