re: Suggestions for items to cook/sell for an outdoor festival

Jambalaya, pastalaya, gumbo will always be the easiest and cheapest.

You can go different with stews (shrimp stew, pork stew, sauce piquante). Crawfish Monica is a hit, depending on crawfish cost. You can make a past with a cream sauce and grilled chicken breast.

Turkey legs are always expensive and have to be sold at a high price. Fish is expensive right now. Footlong corndogs are excellent but almost impossible to get frozen footlongs right now.

Boudin eggrolls would be awesome if you have the help to prep them. As would seafood stuffed pistolettes.

Good quality nachos or tacos could be good, but maybe not a huge seller.