+7 Festivals With 40 years of Festival International, Lafayette has emerged as a center for global arts BY JOANNA BROWN | Staff writer Apr 17, 2026 Downtown Lafayette has seen many changes over the past 40 years.Â
News $1M plan could reshape downtown Lafayette, targeting parking, growth and key sites By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Updated Mar 24, 2026 An ordinance being introduced to the council on Tuesday asks the city to set aside funds for a comprehensive Downtown-Urban Core Redevelopment Plan.
+3 Entertainment/Life Bach Lunch series returns to downtown Lafayette with new Sunday Bach Brunch BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer Mar 5, 2026 Bach Lunch is returning to downtown Lafayette this spring, along with a new addition — Bach Brunch — offering more opportunities for the commu…
+3 Entertainment/Life Video games, comic books and more on display at Lafayette's Artcade festival BY DAN BOUDREAUX | Special to ¶¶Òõh May 10, 2018 While Lafayette's second Saturday ArtWalk is known for traditional art exhibitions, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment and Lafayette Sci…
+14 Entertainment/Life Headed to Lafayette's Festival International this weekend? Don't miss these performances BY DAN BOUDREAUX | Special to ¶¶Òõh Apr 25, 2018 Each year, Festival International de Louisiane brings artists, musicians and visitors from all over the world to take part in a celebration of…
+3 Entertainment/Life Lafayette's Downtown Alive! celebrates 35 years, announces spring 2018 schedule Advocate staff report Mar 8, 2018 Lafayette has been known to throw a good concert or two in its day. Downtown Alive! is proof positive of that.Â
+4 Business Judge orders seizure, sale of former downtown Lafayette bar and restaurant BY BEN MYERS | bmyers@theadvocate.com Mar 3, 2018 A judge has ordered the seizure and sale of The Filling Station in downtown Lafayette, a year and a half after former restaurant-bar changed owners.
News Lafayette council removes moratorium on downtown bars, but noise restrictions to toughen By BEN MYERS | bmyers@theadvocate.com Jan 9, 2018 The Lafayette City-Parish Council on Tuesday removed a 15-year-old moratorium on downtown bars, replacing it with a conditional-use protocol a…
+11 Business With downtown economy at crossroads, Lafayette eyes lifting bar moratorium BY BEN MYERS | bmyers@theadvocate.com Dec 30, 2017 City Bar owner Brandon Hargrave incurred two debts in 2009 after purchasing the building that houses his downtown watering hole.
+8 News Virtual worlds explored in new Lafayette Science Museum exhibit BY RICHARD BURGESS | rburgess@theadvocate.com Jun 2, 2017 Visitors to the Lafayette Science Museum can explore the depths of the ocean, tour outer space and walk like a giant across the globe in a new…