City market, 'Bayou Teche Music Series' ramps up

The Bayou Teche Music Series began Saturday morning across the street from the Bayou to Main Marketplace.
The Bayou Teche Music Series is a music and arts concept created by Ed “Tiger” Verdin and Johnny Chauvin in an effort to promote and create an outlet for local musicians and artists with a major focus on cultural preservation through Cajun, Creole, indigenous folk music and art while exploring folklore and oral histories of the Bayou Teche.
Striving to create this ongoing family-friendly series in Franklin they also focus on music education by pulling together self-taught musicians of all ages and genres together with more seasoned and trained musicians to create a jambalaya of musical sounds.
There were 15+ musicians in the premier, including Eli Schmidt, Stephen Schmidt, Daryl Fluke, Kenny Blanchard, Brianna Moresi, Donovan Driskil, Skeet Landry, Johnny Chauvin, Keri McClelland, Torry Landry, Jeremy Lange, Ray Duce, Mitch Broussard and Chase Landry.
Although venues for the music series will more than likely be in various places across Franklin the inaugural performance will take place near the soon to open Lamp Lighter Coffee Shop during the Bayou to Main Marketplace in the old Center Theater lot.