Save the date for October 30-31, 2026 Blackpot Festival friends! We hope to see you back at Vermilionville Historic Village in Lafayette, LA for good food, good music, and a good time!
Hey everyone! While we did reach our fundraising goal the other day, several people asked how they can donate. We left the link open a bit longer on our website and we’ll be putting the donate link back in our Instagram bio! Thank you to all who have donated so far! When the time is up, we’ll email each of you a thank you with a gift. Thank you again Blackpot Family!
We’re so close to our goal! Click on the link in our bio if you feel willing to contribute to the Blackpot Festival so we can continue on the tradition we all love with good music, food, and culture!
We need your help! Last years festival saw an unforeseen short fall in revenue and attendance due to a rain event. Normally that wouldn't even slow down the Blackpot Family but unfortunately we are forced to ask for your help. We are hoping to raise $6k to pay vendors and musicians that we were unable to compensate. Please if your a fan and are able to help follow the link below. We can't wait to see you all again this year for our 20TH year. Thank you!
PLEASE SHARE, LINK IN THE BIO!
If you have any questions email me at [email protected]
Sincerely,
Glenn Fields
Hey Blackpot festival fans! As you may or may not know, our beloved friend who has passed on, Joe Hall, was a great accordion player and has played the festival in the past with his band.
One of Joe’s former musicians who recently passed, Mark Palms, worked on a documentary about Joe, called “Who’s That Playin’ My Box?”. There will be a screening of this documentary at the Acadiana Center of the Arts November 25th, 2025 from 6-9 PM! Following the screening will be a performance by Cedric Watson and Forest Huval. Get your tickets at /e/who-s-that-playing-my-box-film-screening-tickets-241885!
On behalf of us here at the Blackpot Festival & Cookoff, we'd like to give a big THANK YOU to all the amazing musicians, volunteers, Vermilionville staff, and you, the attendees who made this year's festival another success! We'll see y'all next year, October 23rd and 24th, 2026!
Share with us your memories of Blackpot Festival and any pictures or videos you have in the comments below!!
Photo by Christie Matherne Hall.
Good morning Blackpot! Hope y’all had a great first night of the festival yesterday! Now we’re kicking it to day two, and we’re stoked to have some more great music for you today! See you around!
Hey folks! We hope you're just as excited as you are for the festival, which starts tonight! We know what you're thinking though, "What's the plan for the rain approaching Saturday?" The festival and cookoff will continue regardless of rain or shine!
Here's the schedule of tonight's lineup of bands! We hope to see you tonight and tomorrow for an amazing weekend filled with great music, food, and friends!
Excited to Sponsor one of our favorite weekends of the year!
The Blackpot Festival & Cook-off! 🥘
Happening this Friday & Saturday at @vermilionville , BLACKPOT is incredible music, listening, dancing, people, jamming, and eating great food in a gorgeous setting on Bayou Vermilion.
Check it out & see you there!
Big thanks to @pioneerhouse out of Knoxville, TN for this year’s Blackpot Festival & Cookoff! All purchases for this poster can only be found at the festival, so get them while you can this weekend! See you there!
This weekend - CHUNQ will perform stuff like this at Blackpot Friday 7pm in the chapel, and at Cited des Arts Saturday 7:30pm and again at 9:30pm. Come and see the work that these musicians have put in to make this a truly unique night of music. (It's so much work to put together that it truly may never happen again!)
tickets at:
Blackpotfestival.com
Citesdesarts.org
