SLIMS Y KI-KI

05/13/2025

05/01/2025

03/27/2025

Zydeco Nation! Our online store www.ZydecoShop.com is NOW OPEN!!!

Show your support for the SLIMS Y KI-KI Restoration Project by purchasing a commemorative shirt!

In 2025, SLIMS Y KI-KI will be 75 years old!!!
100% of all proceeds will be donated for the restoration, preservation and historical recognition of legendary Slim's Y-Ki-Ki.



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Support the restoration and preservation campaign of one of the Zydeco Nation’s last remaining original Zydeco dance halls. You can show your support and make a make a difference in the restoration and preservation of Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki by purchasing a Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Restoration 2025 shirt! Proudl...

02/17/2025

Lynn August, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, musician, and friend, passed away on February 12, 2025, at the age of 76. Born on August 7, 1948, in Lafayette, Louisiana, he was the cherished son of Nola Mouton August and Joseph August.

Visitation will be held at Melancon Funeral Home in Carencro, LA, from 8:00 – 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 22, 2025. A funeral service will follow at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist at 11:00 AM. Burial will take place at Evangeline Memorial Gardens in Carencro, LA. Family and friends are invited to gather in celebration of Lynn’s life and enduring legacy.

View Lynn August's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/05/2025

Obituary | Sidney "Sid" Williams, Jr. of Lafayette, Louisiana | Fletcher Funeral Home

Funeral services are pending for Mr. Sidney Williams, Jr. 73. He was a native of Saint Martinville, LA and a resident of Lafayette, LA who transitioned this Earthly life at 715 P.M. on Sunday, February 2, 2025, in Lafayette, LA. Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org Arrangemen...

01/13/2025

The Zydeco Workout is the only radio program in the world featuring that Red Hot Zydeco, Southern Soul & Blues Sound. Zydeco music is a unique form of m...

12/02/2024

Zydeco Nation! Our online store www.ZydecoShop.com is NOW OPEN!!!

Show your support for the SLIMS Y KI-KI Restoration Project by purchasing a commemorative shirt!

In 2025, SLIMS Y KI-KI will be 75 years old!!!

100% of all proceeds will be donated for the restoration, preservation and historical recognition of legendary Slim's Y-Ki-Ki.



https://zydecoshop.com/products/slims-y-ki-ki-black-long-shirt

Support the restoration and preservation campaign of one of the Zydeco Nation’s last remaining original Zydeco dance halls. You can show your support and make a make a difference in the restoration and preservation of Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki by purchasing a Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Restoration 2025 shirt! Proudl...

12/02/2024

When Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall closed in Opelousas in 2016, it represented an end of an era.

But that still begs the question: What happened to all the dance halls?

What the future holds for Slim's Y-Ki-Ki

Now the family is taking care to ensure a future for Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki — one that honors its past while ensuring that Opelousas and St. Landry Parish retains its distinctive place in history as the “roots of zydeco.”

The Gradneys are working with Rod Sias, director of the Zydeco Historical and Preservation Society in Opelousas, to conduct a feasibility study that will allow them to submit Slim’s to the National Register for Historic Places.

The society recently received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to complete the study and develop a restoration plan for the building. This is the first phase of a larger goal to create a cultural arts district in Opelousas, to connect the region’s past with its future.

http://zydecoonline.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-building-would-bounce-to-beat.html