Party this weekend at Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival
POSTED: Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 10:30pm
UPDATED: Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 10:34pm
BREAU BRIDGE, LA — Starting Friday and throughout the weekend, thousands will congregate in Breaux Bridge to party with crawfish.
The 2012 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival is named one of the top ten events in Louisiana by website topeventsusa.com. One of the best features of the festival, located at Parc Hardy in Breaux Bridge, is the entertainment. Thirty of the best Cajun and Zydeco bands will be playing all weekend long on 3 stages. You’ll also find delicious food like crawfish etouffee, fried crawfish, crawfish boudin, crawfish po-boys, crawfish spinach boats, crawfish jambalaya, crawfish pies, eggplant crawfish and shrimp jambalaya. Of course, the boiled crawfish is the main food attraction.
There will be participation contests throughout the weekend with the unique Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival flair. Pick a live crawfish and enter it into a race. Try the crawfish eating contest and beat the record of 55 pounds. Show off your culinary skills at the crawfish etouffee cook-off. Do the Cajun two-step or the Zydeco glide in the festival's dance contests.
On Sunday, the festival parade will roll. The parade highlights local royalty, and local float builders compete for the best float prizes.
For the perfect Crawfish Festival souvenir, you can shop at tee shirt booths and over 75 booths in the arts and crafts and commercial vendors area.
Admission is $5.00 on Friday and Sunday, $10.00 on Saturday or a 3-day pass for $15.00.
The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Association is a non-profit corporation which has donated well over $250,000.00 in the past 25 years and enables various youth organizations in Breaux Bridge the opportunity to raise much needed funds on festival weekend for their groups. The BBCFA has 25 directors who work throughout the year to organize each festival. The board oversees over 50 committees that are needed to organize the festival with hundreds of volunteers.
For more information on the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, visit www.bbcrawfest.com.
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2012 Schedule of Events
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Event Location |
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Friday, May 4 |
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4:00 p.m. |
Gates Open |
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4:30 p.m. |
Opening Ceremonies |
Crawfish Stage |
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4:45 p.m. |
Celebrity Crawfish Eating Contest |
Crawfish Stage |
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5:15 p.m. |
Cajun Dance Lesson |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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12:00 a.m. |
Festival Grounds Close |
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Saturday, May 5 |
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10:00 a.m. |
Festival Grouns Open |
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10:00 a.m. |
Cajun Cooking Demonstration |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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11:30 a.m. |
Cajun Dance Lesson |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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12:45 p.m. |
Bourée Exhibition |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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1:00 p.m. |
Cajun Dance Contest |
Festival Stage |
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2:00 p.m. |
Zydeco Dance Contest |
Festival Stage |
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2:15 p.m. |
Crawfish Eating Contest |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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3:00 p.m. |
Crawfish Races |
Crawfish Stage |
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4:15 p.m. |
Cajun Dance Lesson |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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5:30 p.m. |
Cajun & Zydeco Dance Lesson |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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12:00 a.m. |
Festival Grounds Close |
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Sunday, May 6 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Festival Grounds Open |
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9:00 a.m. |
Crawfish Etouffée Cookoff |
Breaux Bridge Tent |
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9:30 a.m. |
Parade |
Bridge Street & Rees Street |
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12:00 p.m. |
Judging & Sampling |
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4:00 p.m. |
Festival Grounds Close |
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2012 Entertainment Lineup
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Friday, May 4 |
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Breaux Bridge Tent |
8:00 - 11:00 p.m. |
Kira Viator & Bayou Beat |
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Crawifsh Stage |
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
Kevin Naquin & The Ossun Playboys |
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7:45 - 9:45 p.m. |
High Performance |
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10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. |
Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin’ Cajuns |
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Festival Stage |
5:15 -7:00 p.m. |
Ryan Brunet & Malfecteurs |
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7:15 - 9:15 p.m. |
Jambalaya with D.L. Menard |
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9:30 - 11:30 p.m. |
Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band |
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Saturday, May 5 |
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Breaux Bridge Tent |
7:00 - 10:00 p.m. |
Forest Huval est Les Bordels |
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Crawfish Stage |
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Ray Abshire |
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11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Cameron Dupuy & The Cajun Troubadours |
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1:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Greg Martiniez & The Delta Kings |
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3:30 - 5:15 p.m. |
Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Family Band |
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5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys |
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7:45 - 9:45 p.m. |
Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha Chas |
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10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. |
Nik-L-Beer |
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Festival Stage |
10:15 - 11:45 a.m. |
Yvette Landry |
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12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Huval Family Band |
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1:45 - 3:15 p.m. |
Corey Ledet |
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3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars |
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5:15 - 7:00 p.m. |
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie |
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7:15 - 9:15 p.m. |
Horace Trahan & The New Ossun Express |
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9:30 - 11:30 p.m. |
Travis Matte & The Kingpins |
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Sunday, May 6 |
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Crawfish Stage |
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Hunter Courville & Cajun Fever |
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10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Robert Jardell & Pure Cajuns |
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12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Damon Troy & Final Five |
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2:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Warren Storm – Willie Tee & Cypress |
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Festival Stage |
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
ReFlex |
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12:15 - 1:45 p.m. |
Bonne Chance |
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2:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Lil’ Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers |
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