Poo-Yie Fries and more at Festival International in Lafayette

This weekend’s 27th Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette will draw world music lovers from the region and around the country for an annual celebration of the French, African, Caribbean and Hispanic influences that shaped Louisiana. Along with great musicians like The Wailers, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Sergent Garcia, Red Baarat and others, the festival offers plenty of hospitable eats.

Lafayette food truck Freetown Fries will feature its signature French fries, including the “Poo-Yie Fry,” an ode to Quebec’s poutine—frites topped with brown gravy and cheese curds. Freetown’s Mediterranean Fry shellacs fries with roasted garlic hummus, feta, Kalamata olives, parsley and paprika.

Need a salve for the garlic? No worries. Turn to Meltdown’s pineapple basil pop or grab a snowball from Snow T-Go. When you get hungry again, sample a crawfish and spinach boat from Bon Creole Seafood, a crawfish pistolette from Lafayette bread Mecca, Poupart’s, or try Jolie’s Louisiana Bistro’s crawfish enchilada. ‘Tis the season for the mudbug, after all.

Festival International is taking place in downtown Lafayette through this Sunday. For more information, take a peek at Festival International online.