Editing Eunice, Louisiana (section)

==Arts and culture==
Located near the heart of [[Cajun]] country, Eunice is famous for its [[Cajun music]], and in November 1997 the [[Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum]] was founded there.<ref>[http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/musicmain.htm www.lsue.edu "Contemporary Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco Musicians"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205032450/http://lsue.edu/acadgate/music/musicmain.htm |date=2006-12-05 }}</ref>
The City of Eunice and the National Park Service sponsor ''"Laissez les bons temps rouler au rendezvous des cajuns"'', a live Cajun music show every Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre, an old movie theater that was restored by a "coup de main" by local volunteers after falling into disrepair.<ref>[http://www.eunice-la.com/libertyschedule.html www.eunice-la.com "The Official Liberty Theater Schedule"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219223822/http://www.eunice-la.com/libertyschedule.html |date=2006-02-19 }}</ref>

Eunice is home to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, a unit of [[Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/jela/prairie-acadian-cultural-center-eunice.htm www.nps.gov "Prairie Acadian Cultural Center - Eunice"]</ref>

Eunice is host to one of the largest ''[[Courir de Mardi Gras]]'' (traditional rural French Louisiana Mardi Gras observance,)<ref>[http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/mardmain.htm www.lsue.edu "Mardi Gras in Rural Acadiana"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220071016/http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/mardmain.htm |date=2008-12-20 }}</ref> as well as the World Championship [[Crawfish]] [[Étouffée]] Cook-off.

In 2015, The Eunice Rotary Club and the Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve teamed up to host a revitalized folklife festival known as the Experience Louisiana Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.experiencelouisiana.org|title=Experience Louisiana Festival - Louisiana Festivals|website=Experience Louisiana|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> held each October on the campus of LSU Eunice.