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El Sid O's Zydeco & Blues Club
1523 Martin Luther King Drive Lafayette, LA
(318) 235-0647
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El Sid O's Club El Sid O's at night



How to get there:

From I-10, take exit # 103A onto Evangeline Throughway (Route Evangeline), a divided highway, heading South. After about one mile, make a right turn onto West Willow Street (Rue Des Saules Ouest) at the stop light. There is a shopping center on the far right corner with a Super 1 Foods grocery and a Conn's store.

(Note that the street signs have different names in French and English.) If you pass by the Lafayette Welcome Center on your left, you have missed the turn.

At the second traffic light on Willow Street, less than a mile from Evangeline, turn right onto St. Antoine Street. El Sid O's is on the left at the end of the short block, at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive.

Parking can be hard to come by. On the left just before El Sid O's is a small parking lot. If you can't squeeze in there, try crossing MLK Drive and parking in the cul-de-sac just past the intersection on the right. There is also an empty lot there that you may be able to park on. The photo above was taken from that empty lot.


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Sid Williams with Scott Billington

Proprietor Sid Williams (right) with Scott Billington


What to expect:

Large urban club w/ masonry walls, vaulted ceiling and painted concrete dance floor.

A slightly older and more refined clientele than some of the rural Zydeco clubs.

Lots of tables and chairs offering good view of stage and dance floor.

Elevated stage w/ wrap-around dance floor adjacent to a wall of huge speakers.

Large, well-stocked bar. Water available at $1/ bottle.

Food is occasionially available.

Admission is around $7, may be higher on festival weekends.

Generally open on Fridays and Saturdays. Sometimes on Sundays and Mondays.

House band on Fridays is Nathan (Williams) and the Zydeco Cha-Chas. (Nathan Williams is Sid Williams' younger brother.)

Music generally gets underway between 9:30 and 10 PM and can last until 2AM.

Great place for people watching. Often several Zydeco performers and occasional Cajun performers in attendance.

Personable wait staff. Outgoing proprietor Sid Williams may come by to shake your hand and chat.





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