Chinbo is proud to present its second annual virtual Louisiana Creole Heritage Festival: Gou é Gèt (Taste and See). This is a free two-day on-line event on October 19^th & 20^th consisting of multiple fun events for your education.

To register, please fill out the registration form HERE.

* Please note that some festival events will be recorded for later use.

Still from Héritage (2023). Courtesy of the Clement sisters.

Saturday October 19, 2024

2:00pm – 2:45pm CST – Interview with Erica Melançon Fox, Director of Maison Freetown

2:45pm CST – Break

3:00pm – 3:45pm CST – Gou é Gèt Presentation: Héritage and Q&A with Filmmakers, the West sisters

3:45pm Central – Break

4:00pm – 4:45pm CST – Shanté, kafé, sharé (Singing, Coffee, Chatting): Musical Performance and Discussion with Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux and Dr. Sheriden “Shèr” Booker

4:45pm CST – Break

5:00pm – 6:30pm CST – Latab Kréyòl with Chinbo C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc.

Sunday October 20, 2024

2:00pm – 2:30pm CST – Showing of Tambou

2:30pm – 3:15pm CST – Crashcourse in Creole Research: Presentation by
Geneaologist and Historian Dr. Christophe Landry with Q&A

3:15pm – 4:15pm CST – Creole Storytelling with Adrien Guillory-Chatman

4:15pm CST – Break

4:30pm – 6:00pm CST – Latab Kréyòl with Chinbo and C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc.

Chinbo is proud to present its first virtual Louisiana Creole Heritage Festival: Gou é Gèt (Taste and See). This will be a free on-line two day festival on October 7^th & 8^th consisting of five events.

Still from Tambou (2023). Courtesy of Lucky Luke Films.

Saturday October 7 2023

4:30pm - 6:00pm CST - De Ladjèl o Shaval: A talk with the creators of the Kouri-Vini Orthography. Panelists: Christophe Landry, Clif St. Laurent, Michael Gisclair, Eric Gaither. Moderated by Jonathan Mayers, President of Chinbo, Inc. and Cameron-Mitchell Ware, Creative Producer of The New Orleans African American Museum.

6:00pm – 6:10pm CST – Intermission

6:10pm – 6:20pm CST – Performance & brief description of the role the tambou plays in the lives of Creoles of Color & Black Creoles by Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux

6:20pm – 6:40pm CST – Sip & See Presentation - Screening of Tambou: The first film in Kouri-Vini.

6:40pm – 7:00pm CST – Q&A with Cast and Crew. Moderated by Cameron-Mitchell Ware, Creative Producer at The New Orleans African American Museum.

Sunday October 8 2023

4:30pm – 5:30pm CST – Strategies for the Lay Genealogist: Presentation by Genealogist Jari Honora with Q&A

5:30pm – 6:30pm CST – Tambou Revisited: An Extended Conversation on Drumming with Kalindah Laveaux

6:30pm – 7:30pm CST – Latab Kréyòl a Chinbo - Stories from Today and Long Ago

* Please note that some festival events will be recorded for later use.