Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

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Amber Laviolette

Breaux Bridge’s annual crawfish festival celebrates two things near and dear to any who call the Bayou State home: crawfish and Louisiana music. Breaux Bridge was designated crawfish capital of the world in 1959—by the Louisiana State Legislature, who would know—and has held the festival every year since 1960, except for in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. Coming back with gusto, at this year's festival, crawfish will be served in nearly every way imaginable: boiled, fried, in étouffée, in boudin, in pie… if there’s a way you like to eat it, you’re sure to find it here. The competitive can enter the crawfish-eating competition; those more comfortable as spectators can take in the celebrity crawfish-eating contest, Cajun cooking demonstrations, and a crawfish race. There’s also a carnival midway full of games and activities, Cajun dance lessons, and with a parade featuring this year’s Crawfish Royalty.

Music fans will be thrilled by the steady supply of Cajun music, zydeco, and swamp pop provided by over thirty bands from the three stages present at the festival. All your favorite regional mainstay acts will be here, including Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, the Cajun Stompers, and Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, to name a few. All held at Parc Hardy. bbcrawfest.com.