Movie filming in Donaldsonville, festivals and hip-hop top Louisiana entertainment news
As filming of a Michael B. Jordan movie comes alive in Donaldsonville, a historic town is being transformed back to the 1930s. Enjoy a ‘dino-mite’ experience as the owners of Tea-Rex officially open a second location in Lafayette. And for all festival goers, make your experience easy- going with everything you need to know before attending Festival International.
While in downtown Lafayette, check out the new 6,000-square-foot outdoor playground. Also in Louisiana entertainment this week, see which Houma hip hop artist lands in iTunes' Top 10 with a new song.
Filming in Donaldsonville
Antique cars and items from a bygone era filled the historic main street of Ascension Parish's westbank city of Donaldsonville. The 200 block of Railroad Avenue was turned back to the 1930s for a movie starring Michael B. Jordan. According to Caballero Casting, which had been seeking extras, filming has been planned for locations throughout southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, Belle Chasse, St. Bernard, Braithwaite, Tickfaw, Hammond, Napoleonville and Thibodaux.
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Louisiana staple: Food and Festivals
The owners of Tea-Rex of Lafayette recently opened their second location, with their first Tea Rex location at 120 Curran Ln., Suite B, in 2019. Bringing traditional Asian drinks and food and, more importantly, success, owner Duy Le states, “Tea-Rex is a Boba Tea store, we sell Boba tea, smoothies, fruit tea, Asian street food and Korean corn dogs.” Boba traditionally is made of tea, milk, water, sugar and tapioca pearls, Le said.
The first Tea -Rex became a success, with 90% of his customers being Americans. Owners Duy Le and wife Jennie Vo, officially opened its doors March 2 and brings some of Le’s favorite drinks and foods to a new area.
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It's Festival International week, a five-day continuous celebration of music, art, food and culture. Downtown Lafayette comes alive every year for the festival, and this year is no different with the new and enhanced wristband system, the official 2024 mobile app, shuttle schedules, live streaming to anywhere in the world and the headliner acts. Here is all you need to know about Festival International 2024.
What to know about Festival? Everything to know for Festival International: Wristbands, app, lineups, shuttles and more.
Spotlighting a Louisiana artist
What began as burning his own recordings on CD-ROMs to sell to high school classmates, has led this Louisiana artist with holding a spot in Apple's Top 10 for a weekend.
Dropping his album "Rare Air" April 12, and it hovered at 10th place on iTunes over the weekend. The album is a motivational piece, with lyrics about overcoming life's obstacles and features three other artists, including Shante Scott Franklin, known as Curren$y, Keyia Folse, of Raceland; and Leury Pereyra of New York. The 32-year-old said the most important aspect of each song is the story that's being told.
Which artist is in iTunes spotlight? Houma hip hop artist lands in iTunes' Top 10 for weekend with new song
Fun for Kids
As kids gathered to play in Playground at Parc Sans Souci, Downtown Lafayette celebrated the grand opening of the park with a ribbon cutting.
The playground equipment is designed to accommodate children of all ages and with different abilities, said the Downtown Development Authority. Featuring side by side swings, trampoline, Merry-go-round that is wheelchair accessible, and a large slide that is connected to a Spaceball which is held by large ropes and allow kids to climb.
Check out Downtown Lafayette park Downtown Lafayette's new 6,000-square-foot inclusive outdoor playground
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