BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
For 50 years, Two-time Grammy winner BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet have been hailed as “the best Cajun band in the world.” Doucet and the band can be credited with taking Cajun music from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide.
Born from their rich Acadian ancestry BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass. Driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil brings even the most staid audience to its feet.
Representation and Touring Formats
Representation: Exclusive – North America
Touring Formats: Quintet
Educational: Residencies, workshops & school events
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For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass, captivating listeners from the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, to Carnegie Hall, then all the way across the pond to Richard Thompson’s Meltdown Festival in England.
Their most recent album and the 25th in their 45-year career, was titled “From Bamako to Carencro,” alluding the cultural and migratory connection between Bamako, in Mali, West Africa, and Louisiana (symbolized in name by the Lafayette, LA suburb of Carencro), a connection that draws a sonic bloodline back to BeauSoleil’s roots. Since becoming the first Cajun band to win a GRAMMY with “L’amour Ou La Folie” (their Traditional Folk Album – 1998) and then a second Grammy in 2010, “Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”, BeauSoleil has garnered many accolades, including twelve GRAMMY nominations. They are regular guests on Garrison Keillor’s NPR show A Prairie Home Companion, where Keillor has dubbed them as “the best Cajun band in the world,” and their music is so integral to the Cajun culture that they have been featured on the New Orleans–based hit HBO program “Treme”. Critics unanimously agree that it is “bon temps, every time they play,” (New York Times).
In addition to their show, Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet created their own Christmas performance, “14 Cajun Christmas”. A detour from the routine path of holiday musical fare, “14 Cajun Christmas” presents his beloved ensemble performing selections from their rich catalog alongside Bayou flavored versions of classic holiday tunes. Expect both the familiar and some surprises for a ”cool-yule” of an evening!
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
Celebrate the season with the legendary Cajun-Creole sounds of BeauSoleil. Join the Grammy winning band for a festive danceable program of bayou treasures and holiday classics, all offered with a sparkly Cajun spin. Guaranteed to make your winter a wonderland.
Date | Venue/Lineup | Location |
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12/05/2024 | Manship Theatre at Shaw Center For the Arts Christmas Bayou | Baton Rouge, La |
12/11/2024 | St. Louis Cathedral BeauSoleil's Christmas Bayou avec Michael Doucet | New Orleans, LA |
1/30/2025 | Walton Arts Center | Fayetteville, AR |
2/12/2025 | The West Theatre | Duluth, MN |
3/01/2025 | The Tin Pan | Richmond, VA |
4/05/2025 | The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center BeauSoleil with Special Guest Richard Thompson | Old Saybrook, CT |
5/29/2025 | Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen | Glen Allen, VA |