Editing Lafayette, Louisiana (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:DC AlphaBlondy0082.jpg|thumb|Alpha Blondy, from the Ivory Coast, performed in 2016 at Festival International de Louisiane]]
Located in [[Acadiana]], Lafayette is a diverse city with a large and growing metropolitan population as of 2015.<ref name=":182"/> The [[Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana|Lafayette metropolitan area]] has a large [[Louisiana Creole people|Louisiana Creole]], [[Cajuns|Cajun]], and substantial [[Immigration to the United States|foreign-born population]]; an estimated 14,676 Lafayettiens were foreign-born residents in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area|url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US29180-lafayette-la-metro-area/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Census Reporter|language=en}}</ref> Additionally, more than 36% of foreigners came from [[Asia]] from 2014 to 2019.

Many annual events celebrate the diverse cultures of Lafayette. Notable cultural gatherings have included the [[Festivals Acadiens et Créoles]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Scott|date=2021-08-12|title=Festivals Acadiens et Creoles pushed back to March 2022|url=https://www.klfy.com/lafayette-parish/festivals-acadiens-et-creoles-pushed-back-to-march-2022/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=KLFY|publisher=Nexstar Media|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Festival International de Louisiane]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Festival International de Louisiane|url=https://www.festivalinternational.org/about-festival|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Festival International de Louisiane|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Boudin]] Cookoff and Bacon Fest,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-16|title=Boudin Cookoff and Bacon Fest in Lafayette set for October 2021|url=https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/boudin-cookoff-and-bacon-fest-in-lafayette-set-for-october-2021|access-date=2021-11-21|website=KATC|publisher=Scripps Local Media|language=en}}</ref> the Cajun Heartland State Fair,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Cajun Heartland State Fair returns to the Cajundome in 2021|url=https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/cajun-heartland-state-fair-returns-to-the-cajundome-in-2021|access-date=2021-11-21|website=KATC|publisher=Scripps Local Media|language=en}}</ref> and [[Mardi Gras in the United States|Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette]]. Residents also celebrate their cultural identities through visiting [[Acadian Village (park)|Acadian Village]] or [[Vermilionville Historic Village]]. Highly regarded for its diverse food and restaurant culture, Lafayette has been regarded as having the fourth-most restaurants per capita in Louisiana since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Altom|first=Brittany|date=2015-05-13|title=Does Lafayette have the most restaurants per capita?|url=https://www.klfy.com/uncategorized/does-lafayette-have-the-most-restaurants-per-capita/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=KLFY|publisher=Nexstar Media|language=en-US}}</ref>

Home to the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music, Chorale Acadienne, Lafayette Ballet Theatre and Dance Conservatory, the Lafayette Concert Band, and Performing Arts Society of Acadiana; as well as the [[Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum]], Acadiana Center for the Arts and Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette has hosted [[Tyler Perry]]'s ''[[Madea's Farewell]]'' play in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-13|title=Cast of Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell Play Tour visits Reggie's Soulfood|url=https://www.klfy.com/community/cast-of-tyler-perrys-madeas-farewell-play-tour-visits-reggies-soulfood/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=KLFY|publisher=Nexstar Media|language=en-US}}</ref> The 2018 [[television film]], ''The Christmas Contract'', set in Lafayette, features many Cajun [[Christmas]] customs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8613908/|title=The Christmas Contract (television film)|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref> Lafayette is also home for the only two Cajun themed restaurants named ''Prejeans''. (Located in [[Carencro, Louisiana|Carencro]] and [[Broussard, Louisiana|Broussard]].)