DESTREHAN — Unheard Voices of Louisiana, a cultural and educational tour company based in New Orleans, is offering a special evening tour at 5:45 p.m. July 24 at Destrehan Plantation called “Unheard Voices of the German Coast.”

“It focuses on the lives of the enslaved, free Afro-Creoles, German farmers and Acadians living alongside the plantation owners,” said Ronnie Schumann, licensed New Orleans tour guide and co-founder of Unheard Voices.

“We talk about food, music, slavery, Catholicism and Voodoo as part of the tour.”

Schumann and Unheard Voices co-founder Dianne Honore’ — a Destrehan family descendant — will lead the tour.

Tour admission is $39.99 and includes wine and cheese.

Unheard Voices is renting the plantation for the event and is handling reservations.

For questions and reservations, contact Honore’ at gumbomari@yahoo.com or 504-266-9483.

Proceeds benefit Unheard Voices of Louisiana, which focuses on cultural education, and the non-profit Destrehan Plantation.