Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

Where else in the world but in Louisiana would you find a 3 day celebration totally devoted to Crawfish! Every year on the first full weekend in May, thousands congregate in Breaux Bridge to pay tribute to the little crustacean we all know and love. One of the best features of the festival is our entertainment. Over 30 of the best Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop bands play all weekend long on 3 stages.

And of course, Cajuns love food, so you’ll find the best entrées like Crawfish Etouffee, Fried Crawfish, Crawfish Boudin, Crawfish PoBoys, Crawfish Sausage, Crawfish Boulettes, Crawfish Jambalaya, Crawfish Egg Rolls, and of course, Boiled Crawfish. Plus we have numerous other delightful dishes to tease your taste buds.

Don’t miss our contests! Race your crawfish at our World Famous Crawfish Races, enter the Crawfish Eating Contest (you’ll have to eat over 55 pounds to break the record!) or show off your culinary skills at the Crawfish Etouffee Cookoff. Two step over to our Cajun Dance Contest or glide into our Zydeco Dance Contest. Grab your lawn chair for Sunday’s Parade where we highlight our Royalty and locals who compete for the best float prizes.

Bands performing at this year's festival include:

* Ray Abshire
* Pine Leaf Boys
* Feufollet
* Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie
* Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin Cajuns
* Horace Trahan & Huval-Doucet
* Leon Chavis & Zydeco Flames
* Jr. Melancon & The Comedown Playboys
* Keith Frank & Soileau Zydeco Family Band
* Lost Bayou Ramblers
* Chris Ardoin & NuStep
* Hunter Hayes
* Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
* Travis Matte & The Kingpins
* Corey Ledet
* Lil Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers

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So, crawl on down to Breaux Bridge on the first full weekend in May, where we’ll show you a claw tapping, tail snapping good time!