Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building

10/24/2026

Rougarou festival 2026! Come join us on this beautiful day!

10/16/2026

Join us next weekend at the Rougarou Fest !

🌿 THE 2026 FOLKLIFE VILLAGE STAGE SCHEDULE IS HERE! 🌿

There’s something happening all weekend long in the Rougarou Fest Folklife Village! Here's the schedule for our FOLKLIFE STAGE! 👇

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23:
💃 Cajun Dancing 101 with Joel Ohmer
🎶 Live Cajun Music with the Cajun Music Preservation Society
🎯 Pedro Demonstration

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24:
🎬 10 AM — "On High Water: Holding Ground on a Vanishing Coast" Screening
🗣 11 AM — French in Louisiana: From Our Roots to Our Future
🥣 12 PM — Blackberry Dumplings & Berry-Eating Birds Cooking Demo
📖 1 PM — Passing It Down Storytelling Hour
💃 2 PM — Ballet Folklórico Mexico Lindo y Querido
👻 3 PM — Legends and Lore on the Bayou
📚 4 PM — The Loup-garou in Contemporary LA French Literature & Storytelling
🦪 5 PM — Bayou Baked: Earth Ovens & Oysters Cooking Demo
🌊 6 PM — Future of Our Coast Panel with Restore the Mississippi River Delta
🥁 7 PM — Drums of the Houma Nation

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
🐢 10 AM — Education & Outreach with Threatened Turtles
🦐 11 AM — Nets, Shrimp & Coastal Traditions
🐗 12 PM — Crispy Bites & Invasive Fights: Feral Hogs & Crackling Demo
🍲 1 PM — Fish Tales & Courtbillion Cooking Demo
🐟 2 PM — Catfish: From Catch to Plate Cooking Demo
🌿 3 PM — From Marsh to Medicine: The Many Uses of Native Plants
🛶 4 PM — Louisiana’s Boatbuilding Traditions

The Folklife Village is FREE and open throughout Rougarou Fest, October 23–25, at 86 Valhi Blvd. in Houma.

Thanks to Restore the Mississippi River Delta, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, Bayou Regional Arts Council, and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for helping make the 2026 Folklife Village possible!

10/14/2026

MIT architecture researchers Adin Rimland and Varun Maniar visited to learn from Ernie about traditional boatbuilding and what it can teach us about resilience and adaptation in Louisiana’s changing wetlands.

10/10/2026

Bayou Arts Festival 2026! Come join us on this beautiful day!

10/09/2026

St.Mary Nativity Cajun Day

10/03/2026

Our founder and director, Mr. Tom Butler. I don't know the other gentleman but if you do please comment below. There are so many pictures like these that need to be digitized. Please consider volunteering with us. Send a message if interested. Thank you!

10/02/2026

We'll be open tomorrow (Sat.) at 170 Jean Charles Blvd. in Gray (use Schriever in apps) from 10:30 to 4:30. Free Admission to the museum! You can also visit our director, Ernie Savoie, in Raceland at the La Fete Des Vieux Temps. Hope to see you!

09/05/2026

We'll be open tomorrow, Saturday September 5 from 10:00 to 2:00! Come by to talk to boat builders and volunteers. We'd love to see you!

08/31/2026

Meet our volunteers and boat builders for "Coffee and Conversations" this Saturday!

08/25/2026