50th annual Gumbo Festival in Bridge City this weekend

Come out this weekend and celebrate the 50th Gumbo Festival in Bridge City.

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Bridge City’s “World Famous” gumbo is cooked daily at the festival grounds and
over 2,000 gallons of both seafood and chicken/sausage gumbo will be prepared during the 3-day festival. In addition to gumbo, a variety of other native Louisiana cuisine such as jambalaya, New Orleans-style red beans and rice with sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs, fried seafood, homemade cakes and candies, funnel cakes will also be available.

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The festival also features a gumbo cooking contest, carnival rides, games, a haunted house, live entertainment, a fais-do-do (dance) area and arts and crafts vendors. This year's musical lineup includes performaces by the Top Cats, Chase Tyler Band, Rockin' Dopsie Jr., and Trigger Proof.

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The Gumbo Festival in Bridge City began as a small church fair in 1973 and is Jefferson Parish’s oldest festival. That year, Louisiana Governor Edwin W. Edwards issued a proclamation naming Bridge City, “The Gumbo Capital of the World”. The Gumbo Festival is held every second weekend in October and has continued to grow ever since. Admission is just $5 a day or $12 for a weekend pass. For more details on the festival, go to Bridge City Gumbo Festival.