There are places in Laveau that do not need an introduction. They stand there like old scars, familiar even to those who have never stepped inside them. The clinic is one of those places. Tucked beneath the same roof as the Asylum, the medical clinic has long been one of Laveau’s necessary institutions: useful, feared,...
In a recent internal email exchange at CU University, faculty members have once again raised serious concerns about students — particularly groups of young women — organizing trips to Laveau, an area with a well-documented reputation for violence, sexual abuse, and links to modern slavery.
Are these fears justified, and if so, to what extent? Or is it instead a case of hysteria and exaggerations, also fueled by certain negative cultural biases against the inhabitants of Laveau?
LAVEAU, LA — Love is in the air, and so is chaos. Bayou Brawls returns with its most unfiltered, unapologetic version yet: the Get Fucked Edition. The swamp’s most notorious underground spectacle is back, and it’s turning up the heat for anyone brave enough to step into the ring. Participants and spectators alike are being...
THE LEDGER – Laveau, LouisianaBy Camille Dupont, Staff Writer LAVEAU — Holiday cheer was nowhere to be found beneath the bayou as Bayou Brawls: Santa’s Sack Edition delivered a night of festive violence, shredded nerves, and blood-soaked tradition. Before a single blow was struck, fighters were forced to plunge their hands into Santa’s infamous sack,...
LAVEAU, LA — As the year draws to a brutal close, Santa’s Sack promises one last gift for our blood thirsty spectators: the final brawl of 2025. Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, the action delivers all the same as brawlers collide in a no-holds-barred showdown that’s raw, bloody, and unforgettable. With no gloves, no rules,...
The Ledger – Port Laveau, By Camille Dupont, Staff Writer LAVEAU — I thought I understood danger. I’ve stood ringside while fists split skin and watched knives flash under bad lighting. I have never, until this week, stood in knee-deep fog while the swamp itself decided we were on the menu. The Gator Hunt began...
Laveau’s underground club returns with a Wizard-of-Oz spectacle along with drug-laced fog, emotional fireworks, and a very public family implosion. LAVEAU, LA – The long-awaited reopening of The Vault, Laveau’s notorious subterranean nightclub, erupted Saturday night into a kaleidoscope of neon color, curated fog, and unrestrained revelry. The event, themed after The Wizard of Oz,...
This Thanksgiving weekend, the quiet swamps of Laveau will once again echo with the sound of steel and screams. The Bayou Brawls: Shanksgiving Edition erupts at high noon on Saturday, November 29th.