The 50th annual Louisiana Crawfish Festival returns to Chalmette till Sunday, offering food, fun, and live entertainment. Chairman Cisco Gonzales says festivalgoers can enjoy delicious crawfish dishes, carnival rides, games, and have thousands of visitors over the weekend.
‘We’re excited about the 50th year. We started this little thing in 1975, and it has grown to where it is today. Almost 100-thousand people walk through in four days.’
Gonzales says there will be crawfish in as many ways as you can think of as well as 26 rides to enjoy all weekend.
‘Tonight it’s $25 special you ride all night and then Saturday and Sunday they both $30 a day. And where can you go to ride 26 rides for $30 all day long? How much fun is that?”
Hosted by the Louisiana Crawfish Fest Foundation, the festival continues its mission to support those in need. Gonzales says there will be more crawfish than you will no what to do with.
“We have crawfished all kinds of ways. On Pizza, we got boiled, in a pie, we have them in salads. We even got crawfish on hats and t-shirts you know what I’m saying.?”
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