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Mamou, Louisiana

Everything Mamou is known for

RoadyGoat plays music like this when you drive through Mamou. It's free on iPhone, and full songs play through Apple Music.

Mamou, Louisiana, located in Evangeline Parish, is widely known as "The Cajun Music Capital of the World." This small town is a vibrant center for Cajun culture, where the French language is still commonly spoken and prairie traditions are preserved.

The town has strong ties to music, with four artists calling it home, including the Balfa Brothers and Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys. Mamou is also mentioned in songs like "Big Mamou" by Hank Williams Jr. and "Two-Step Mamou" by Wayne Toups & Zydecajun. The town's musical heritage is celebrated at events like the Mamou Cajun Music Festival.

Music in Mamou

Songs About Mamou

"TITLE"
Big Mamou
Hank Williams, Jr.
77%
"Why’d you go and leave me in Big Mamou?"
The Twenty-One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)
Rodney Crowell & Tyler Bryant
54%
"Crazy Cajuns thumpin' Big Mamou"
Two-Step Mamou
Wayne Toups & Zydecajun
32%
Going Back to Big Mamou
Wayne Toups & Zydecajun
30%

Rivers & Roads in Song near Mamou

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Mamou.

Everything Near Mamou

1 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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