Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau

Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau Visit St. Mary Parish, the heart of the Cajun Coast! Come explore, taste, and celebrate with us. Adventure awaits! Welcome to the Cajun Coast – St. Mary Parish!

Experience authentic Louisiana – from thrilling swamp tours & world-class fishing to charming historic downtowns & incredible Cajun food. Ready to explore an authentic piece of Louisiana? We're your gateway to adventure, history, and incredible food.

• EXPLORE: Dive into the Atchafalaya Basin with thrilling swamp tours, top-tier fishing, and birding.
• DISCOVER: Walk through history in our award-

winning historic downtowns, Morgan City & Franklin.
• PLAY: Tee off on our scenic golf courses and enjoy our beautiful parks.
• TASTE: with the freshest seafood and Cajun delights – 2025 is our 'Year of Food'!
• CELEBRATE: Join us for unique festivals and live music year-round! Find your adventure, taste our traditions, and experience the Cajun Coast. Start planning at https://cajuncoast.com/. We welcome your comments and shares! Please help us maintain a positive and family-friendly space by keeping interactions respectful. Promotional spam and off-topic or profane posts may be removed. Let's celebrate our community together!

06/13/2026

Saturday on the Cajun Coast is shaping up to be a full one. Here is where to be.

The 1st Ever 4-Ball Golfer's Extravaganza tees off its first round at St. Mary Golf & Country Club. A brand new event, and a good excuse to get out to the course.

Over at Kemper Williams Park in Patterson, it is a full day with the LA Dreamers Baseball Fundraiser Tournament and a Mixed Doubles Horseshoe Tournament. Bring a chair and cheer somebody on.

Book lovers, swing by Sweet Tangerines Boutique in Morgan City from 10 AM to 2 PM for a Book Fair with Cavalier House Books. Support local, find your next good read.

The evening keeps going. Catch live music by LowDown at The Mosquito Bar from 3 to 7. Come out for Glowing Through It at the Bayou Vista Community Center starting at 5, a youth led night built around community and connection. Then laugh it up at Craft Comedy at the Laughter Lounge at Amelia Belle Casino, doors at 7.

Whatever you get into, make a little time for the water too. It is still make some waves season around here.

https://cajuncoast.com/events

It is Friday, and on the Cajun Coast that means it is time to eat.Crawfish season is still going strong, and there is no...
06/12/2026

It is Friday, and on the Cajun Coast that means it is time to eat.

Crawfish season is still going strong, and there is nothing quite like a hot batch poured out on the table with corn, potatoes, and sausage. Boiled, in a bisque, etouffee, fried tails, or stuffed into a pie, we do not play around with our crawfish down here. It is a point of pride and a way of life.

This batch came hot out of the pot at Coonass Seafood in Bayou Vista. Fresh, red, and ready to peel.

Pull up a chair, peel a few, and pass them down. The season does not last forever, so get them while they are good.

Where are you eating this weekend? Tell us in the comments and help a neighbor out.

Some places hold a whole lifetime of summers.For generations, Lake Palourde has been where Cajun Coast families learned ...
06/11/2026

Some places hold a whole lifetime of summers.

For generations, Lake Palourde has been where Cajun Coast families learned to fish, to ski, to bait a hook and wait. Granddads brought grandkids. Boats got passed down like heirlooms. Somebody always knew the spot where they were biting, and somebody always swore they had caught a bigger one the week before.

That is the thing about the water down here. It is not just recreation. It is memory. The same lake that taught your daddy to drive a boat is still out there waiting to teach the next one. Lake End Park still hums on summer weekends, the music still carries across the water, and the fish, well, the fish are still telling stories of their own.

Throwback to every kid who ever fell asleep in the back of the boat on the ride home. That is a Cajun Coast summer.

06/11/2026

Your weekend on the Cajun Coast is packed. Here is what is happening June 12 to 14.

Friday
The first ever 4-Ball Golfer's Extravaganza opens at St. Mary Golf and Country Club. The Calcutta kicks things off Friday evening at One80 Downtown in Berwick, with doors at 5.

Saturday
Pitch horseshoes at the Mixed Doubles tournament at Kemper Williams Park in Patterson, 8 to 5. Cheer on the LA Dreamers Baseball Fundraiser Tournament at the same park. Browse the Book Fair with Sweet Tangerines and Cavalier House Books, 10 to 2 in Morgan City. Catch live music by LowDown at The Mosquito Bar, 3 to 7. Support local youth at Glowing Through It at the Bayou Vista Community Center, starting at 5. Laugh it up at Craft Comedy at the Laughter Lounge at Amelia Belle Casino, doors at 7. Then close the night with Cosmic Bowling at Steelwood Lanes, 8 to midnight.

Sunday
The golfers wrap up with the final round at St. Mary Golf and Country Club. Bring the family to Summer Skate Nights at the Bayou Vista Community Center, 4 to 7.

See the full lineup at cajuncoast.com/events.

06/09/2026

Here is a traveler tip worth pulling over for. If you want to understand the Cajun Coast, get a look at the Atchafalaya.

It is the largest river swamp in the country, a sprawling maze of water and cypress that has shaped life down here for as long as anybody can remember. From up high it looks like the land and the water gave up trying to tell each other apart. Channels braid through the trees, the light scatters across the surface, and somewhere down there a fisherman knows exactly where he is going even when it all looks the same to the rest of us.

You can take it in a lot of ways. A guided swamp tour, a kayak paddle, a slow drive across the basin bridge, or a quiet morning on the bank with a line in the water. However you do it, do it slow. The Atchafalaya does not rush, and it does not reward anybody who tries to.

This is the heart of the Cajun Coast. Come see it for yourself.

There is a place at the end of Highway 319 where the road runs out and the water takes over.Cypremort Point State Park s...
06/08/2026

There is a place at the end of Highway 319 where the road runs out and the water takes over.

Cypremort Point State Park sits on a thin finger of land reaching into Vermilion Bay, and it is one of the only spots in Louisiana where you can drive all the way to the edge of the Gulf. Folks who know it will tell you about the half-mile beach, the long fishing pier, the sailboats leaning into the wind, and the sunsets that make the whole sky go soft. Somebody once said it is the place where the world looks round. Stand out there long enough and you will understand what they meant.

Today is World Oceans Day, and there is no better place on the Cajun Coast to feel small in the best way. The redfish and flounder are out there. So are the pelicans, the marsh grass, and a quiet the rest of the world forgot how to make.

The water gives us so much down here. Today is a good day to give a little back. Pack out what you pack in, respect the marsh, and leave it beautiful for the next person who needs it.

Here is what is happening on the Cajun Coast this week. Mark your calendar.Friday, June 121st Ever 4-Ball Golfer's Extra...
06/07/2026

Here is what is happening on the Cajun Coast this week. Mark your calendar.

Friday, June 12
1st Ever 4-Ball Golfer's Extravaganza begins. Practice round at St. Mary Golf & Country Club, then the Calcutta at One80 Downtown, doors at 5 PM.

Saturday, June 13
Golfer's Extravaganza first round at St. Mary Golf & Country Club.
LA Dreamers Baseball Fundraiser Tournament and Mixed Doubles Horseshoe, all day at Kemper Williams Park in Patterson.
Book Fair, 10 AM to 2 PM at Sweet Tangerines Boutique in Morgan City, with Cavalier House Books.

Sunday, June 14
Golfer's Extravaganza final round at St. Mary Golf & Country Club.
Summer Skate Nights, 4 to 7 PM at the Bayou Vista Community Center.

All week
$1 Summer Shows at Fairview Cinema in Bayou Vista. Family movies, cheap tickets, cold air.
Weekly bingo across the parish.

Full calendar and details at the link.
https://cajuncoast.com/events

Today is the day. National Fishing and Boating Week kicks off, and on the Cajun Coast, that is basically a holiday.For t...
06/06/2026

Today is the day. National Fishing and Boating Week kicks off, and on the Cajun Coast, that is basically a holiday.

For the next nine days, the country celebrates getting out on the water, and we do not need much of an excuse. Grab a rod, launch the boat, drag the kayak off the rack, or just find a quiet spot on the bank and watch the line. The Atchafalaya, the bayous, the lakes, the bay. They are all out there waiting.

And if you are staying close to home today:
Cosmic Bowling, 8 PM to midnight at Steelwood Lanes in Morgan City.

However you spend it, spend a little of it near the water. That is what June is for.

https://cajuncoast.com/events

It is National Donut Day, and we are not about to let that one slide by.There is something about a warm donut and a hot ...
06/06/2026

It is National Donut Day, and we are not about to let that one slide by.

There is something about a warm donut and a hot cup of coffee on a Friday morning that makes the whole day feel a little easier. So here is your assignment. Skip the chain on the way to work and pull into a local spot instead. The kind of place where they know your order before you say it and the glaze is still a little soft.

Tell us in the comments, where do you go for the best donut on the Cajun Coast? We are taking notes, and we are getting hungry.

Happy Donut Day, y'all.

📷 Donut Shop in Morgan City

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