Dec 1-3 | Fontainebleau State Park - Groupsite 1 Come stay in beautiful Fontainebleau State Park and learn, move and groove with Swing, Latin, Brass, Cajun-Creole, Zydeco, & Appalachian communities in South Louisiana. This immersive weekend features daytime and evening live music performances and workshops by South Louisiana musicians, dancers, and culture bearers.
The crumbling brick ruins of a sugar mill built in 1829 by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, founder of the nearby town of Mandeville, suggest an interesting history for this site, and indeed there is. The wealthy Marigny developed this area across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans as a sugar plantation until 1852. The plantation income helped support his lavish lifestyle. He named his large landholding Fontainebleau after the beautiful forest near Paris, a favorite recreation area of the French kings.
Dec 1-3 | Fontainebleau State Park - Groupsite 1 Come stay in beautiful Fontainebleau State Park and learn, move and groove with Swing, Latin, Brass, Cajun-Creole, Zydeco, & Appalachian communities in South Louisiana. This immersive weekend features daytime and evening live music performances and workshops by South Louisiana musicians, dancers, and culture bearers.