Pride of Acadiana

CollegeMarchingBandInfoBox | bandname = The Pride of Acadiana |
school = University of Louisiana at Lafayette | location = Lafayette, Louisiana, USA | conference = Sun Belt Conference | founded = | director = Dr. Brian S. Taylor,
Dr. Gerald Waguespack | members = 200+| uniform = Red coat, black pants, black shoes, white gloves, white and red shako with white and red plume.

The Pride of Acadiana is the marching band at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The band plays halftime shows for all home games of the UL-Lafayette football team, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

, which brings bands from more than 30 high schools from around the state to compete at one festival. The Pride of Acadiana ends the festival with an exhibition performance of the year's shows.

The band has given Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns an unofficial second fight song, Respect, as made famous by Aretha Franklin, by playing the song at every football game for more than 30 years.

The band performed at Governor Kathleen Blanco's inauguration in 2004. It also traveled to New York, New York to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2005, and is currently scheduled for international performances in England and Scotland in the spring of 2009.