THE SCHEDULE : Sixth Annual Cajun & Zydeco Festival : MUSIC:

Noon: Bad Boy Zydeco (Saturday); Joe Simien & the Country Boys (Sunday).

1 p.m.: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys.

2 p.m.: The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band.

3:15 p.m.: John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys.

4:30 p.m.: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas.

5:45 p.m.: Beausoleil.

WORKSHOPS:

1:30 p.m.: Cajun-Creole Culture.

2:30 p.m.: “The Music of Dewey Balfa,” with Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys.

3:30 p.m.: Accordion Maintenance and Repair, with Marc Savoy.

4:30 p.m.: Cajun Song Lyrics with Ann Savoy.

The Sixth Annual Southern California Cajun & Zydeco Festival runs from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach, adjacent the Long Beach Arena, Linden Avenue at Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach. Admission: $17.50, general; $15, senior citizens and students; $5, children 10-16; free for children under 10. (310) 404-1608 or (714) 638-1466.