re: First time visitor to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

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Was lucky enough to go during this time. I don't remember much but do remember pulling a little red wagon around with us and having a cooler full of cheap arse Busch beer.

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Yep, the main band would set up in front of St. Bernard. It was truly a town festival back then out of an Ernest Hemingway novel, The Sun Also Rises. But then there was a death due to a fight and for liability purposes, the BB Chamber of Commerce had to change it to Parc Hardy early 90's. It went to shite after that as there was a big campaign push to get Texans to come over. Started with thousands from Orange and then moved throughout Houston. The locals mostly only go to the cookoff now.