Name: The Medicine Show Legacy
Start: 2026-03-20T00:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-20T02:30:00+00:00
Location: Acadiana Center for the Arts (Moncus Theater)

Description

Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Tommy Comeaux Chair in Traditional Music with Sonny Landreth and a wide cast of musicians, friends, and traditional music students for a one-night-only performance that draws inspiration from the original Medicine Shows that helped establish the program. We will reunite some of the original musicians and supporters known as the “Comeauxians” and highlight the power of community-driven cultural investment. The concert will also highlight the intergenerational nature of Louisiana’s musical traditions, with students, elders, and peers performing side by side. We will celebrate the power of collective organizing and the way a community came together to transform loss into one of the country’s most distinctive traditional music programs.

Rooted in the community spirit that gave birth to the program, we honor the past, present, and future of traditional music in Louisiana - showcasing the breadth of the genres we teach and the relationships we’ve built as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair in Traditional Music at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We will celebrate the power of collective organizing and the way a community came together to transform loss into one of the country’s most distinctive traditional music programs.

Date & Time

Thu, Mar 19, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Venue Details

Acadiana Center for the Arts (Moncus Theater)

101 West Vermilion Street
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

Acadiana Center for the Arts

Our mission is fostering art and culture in Acadiana.

Founded in 1975, Acadiana Center for the Arts (“AcA”) is a community-supported nonprofit organization that fosters art and culture in Acadiana. Since its founding, AcA has developed as a major force, shaping the future of public education and community development in South Louisiana.

AcA supports the creation of new works of art, exhibits, festivals, performances, and public art across an eight-parish region that includes Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion Parishes.

AcA aims to bring equitable access to the arts and supports fair compensation of artists. On average, AcA serves over 300,000 people annually and provides fair compensation to 2,700 artists.

In 2013, the AcA merged with the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (“PASA”), whose mission was to educate, inspire, entertain, and culturally enrich the people of south Louisiana by providing local access to a diverse range of the performing arts. This merger supported the vision of both organizations and provided much-needed support to PASA’s programs. Founded in 1989, PASA served as a leading voice in the performing arts in South Louisiana for close to three decades.

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