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Learn. Gather. Be Moved.

The ACC produces and hosts programming rooted in the cultural legacy of Bayou Road experiences designed to nourish our community, recover lost histories, and create new ones.

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Fresh, Culturally Rooted
And Accessible

Young Griots Summer Camp

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AR Tours

We've Got a
Story to Tell

The Free Peoples Farmers Market

Learn More & Become A Vendor

The Free People's Market is a monthly gathering on historic Bayou Road where neighbors come together to shop local, eat well, and connect, rooted in the legacy of Bayou Road as New Orleans' oldest trading corridor. Come for fresh produce, local makers, and the kind of community you can only find when people build something together

Designated Saturdays,
from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Register for Summer Camp

Powered by Noble Minds Microschool

June 3-July 31, 2026

Ages 5-14

Get Tickets

Tickets available for a limited time:
April 28 – May 31.
50 minutes. $50 per person.
Buy two tickets before April for $21 and get them both for $50.

Despite colonization and its progeny—gentrification —Bayou Road remains a center of transnational and multicultural exchange. We are reclaiming the historic narrative and purpose of this corridor.