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Crawdad Festival
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6 reviews for Crawdad Festival
I went here as a part of a fathers day weekend with my brother and dad. We went fishing right before this so we were up at 5am, already pretty saucy and definitely sun-burnt and most likely dehydrated. We came here not knowing what to expect and it was pretty frightening from the get go.
Walking along the main downtown road, there were not too many interesting booths, the people there were definitely very drunk, and it was probably at least 100 out. After walking for many blocks, we finally came upon the actual festival and there was an entrance fee (c'mon to the Crawdad Festival?? pay like $3 to get into a dust bowl??) and $20 buckets of crawdads. I'm pretty sure an ATM took my brothers money, and there were these poor Budweiser Clydesdale's in cages where they could barely turn around with really small fans in 100 degree weather. So sad... To top it all off, right when we decided that this was a bit too much of a redneck party for us, I would say a good dozen or so police cars come driving right through the main festival, sirens blazing, scaring all the kids. We end up finding out, in the parking lot on the way to our car, that someone was shanked and that we were in the middle of some gang war and bounce as fast as possible! Problem: we can't make it out of Isleton because the cops have all the exits blocked....
It took us 30 minutes of sitting in our car, waiting for the police, with guns drawn, to arrest everyone. Despite all of this, I had to give it at least two stars because I actually learned how to eat crawdads (from this 6yo kid who was really good at shelling em...) and I met this guy who was dressed in full crawdad garb, who was a Weekend Warrior!!!
This was probably not the best festival to attend, ever, but I can honestly look back on this ans smile because it was so memorable!
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Yuck! Went about 8 years ago and remember it as being fun, but not this time around. I guess if you are a neo-nazi harley dude or a norteno gang banger, this may well be your nirvana, but for all else concerned, it pretty much blew.
Lots of wasted people taking off clothes. unfortunately, these were exactly the last people you would ever want to be taking off any clothes whatsoever.
almost got ran over by a police car speeding through the front lawn of an elementary school chasing some dudes on the roof.
admission is atrocious - $10 to park and $10 a head to get in. and just a bunch of inbred-looking skanks once you do get in.
Next year, we'll give it a miss.
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Nestled between Antioch & Sac is the tiny delta town of Isleton. Small town charm in a redneck, leather clad, Harley Davidson riding kind of way. The weekend festival has cheesy arts & crafts booths (anyone need some leather pants for the hot 80 degree weather?) and standard carnival rides/games (knock down those beer bottles, Bobby!) for the kids. It's the cajun music and crawdads that are the draw here.
Learned how to suck the head and fish out the tailmeat method of meat of eating crawdads (not recommended for lazy/don't like feeling like a savage-eater like myself), which were SPICEY!
So much bad for you good food - roasted butter slathered corn on the cob, crawdad sausages, hand-dipped ice cream. My favorites were the beignets fresh/hot/doused with powdered sugar and the refreshing ginger iced tea.
Highlight was a photo with Mr. Crawdad himself!
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Aww this is the shiznit! I am so going to be there. I think that I'll either take my boat or ride with hubby on the bike. Traffic is a bear and so is parking. Just get there early and dress comfy.
Get the crawdads in the outdoor eating area. Last year I went to the Chinese Restaurant on main street. The crawdads were good, but they put some sort of sauce on them, so they were some slippery little devils to eat.
Bring lots of water, portable seating and sunblock!
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My sister and I have been hooked on Isleton's Crawdad Festival for the last couple of years. We'd shop our hearts out venturing the dozens of vendors. Then we'd stuff our faces with not so typical county fair food.
Crawdads... or crayfish, cooked Louisiana-style. With tons and tons of flavor. Alligator kabobs, deep fried twinkies, smoked turkey drumsticks, fresh (YUMMY) beignets.... I could go on and on.
However, chatting with one of the locals today, I found out that the festival is now being organized by a different group of people. The changes threw me off. The festival is now a two day deal and not a three. The entrance into the festival throws you around a full block. Less vendors. None of the port-a-sinks... you know, the ones that go with the port-a-potties, but have pump soap and pump water were missing. Who wants to eat after NOT washing their hands? ewwww.
The history of the festival is quite interesting.... the residents of Isleton are gracious. I really hate to see the festival take a couple of steps back of what it used to be.
Maybe next year.
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Where are the crawdads? There were many booths of food, but they were mainly repeats of what was on the other side of the food circle. Corn, alligator meat, oysters on a half shell, chow mien, etc etc. It was really really disappointing. I drove 1.5 hours for one stall of crawfish. On top of it, their crawfish seasoning didn't have that kick I was expecting. Where's the flavor? I have to admit though, that it did taste fresh and clean. My favorite? Their alligator meat; oh so devilishly good. Everything else was passable. Sure, if you're there for the festivities, not the food, it may be much more enjoyable with the kiddy rides and all the booths with pretty neat stuff to waste your money on. Otherwise, largest consumption of crawdads outside of Louisiana MY ASS.
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