This Year’s Crawfish Boil is Bigger than Ever!

Every year at the start of the Louisiana crawfish season the DGA team hosts its annual crawfish boil for family and friends. What started out as a friendly get-together between the DGA team has been getting bigger and more exciting every year. This year we'd like to encourage more of our friends from out of state to help us celebrate this unique New Orleans tradition. There's going to be more good food, more beer, and of course more crawfish than we've ever had before! Plus, LIVE music performed by Tuba Skinny!

Date: The crawfish boil is on Saturday, March 12^th from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location: As always, we're going to be at Friends Costal Restaurant in historic Madisonville, LA, right on the bank of the Tchefuncte River.

This year Tuba Skinny will be performing live music at the crawfish boil! This fantastic local band will be treating us to the traditional sounds of old New Orleans blues and dixieland jazz. You can check out Tuba Skinny on their blog.

For those of you that are from out of town, March is the perfect time to visit New Orleans. The weather is beautiful, there's a festival around every corner, and the first crawfish of the season are hitting the pots!  Plus, this year the crawfish boil is the same week as Mardi Gras! Fat Tuesday, the climax of the Mardi Gras season, is on March 8^th, the Tuesday before the crawfish boil.

The month of March is chock full of local arts, music, craft, and food festivals all around the New Orleans area. There's the French Quarter Wine Festival, the Great Alligator Race, the Louisiana Oyster Jubilee, and many more! Many of the festivals haven't set precise dates this far out, so keep an eye on the blog for updates.

Take a look at this website for a schedule of Mardi Gras parades.

You can find information about hotel accommodations here.

The crawfish boil is in Madisonville, LA on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. That’s a quick 45-60 minute hop across the causeway from downtown New Orleans. If you’re interested in accommodations closer to Madisonville, you can find hotels and bed and breakfasts on the north shore in Madisonville, Mandeville, and Covington, such as the Camellia House and Annadele’s Plantation