Italian Heritage Festival

Friday night was a beautiful evening to start Kenner's 12th annual Italian Heritage Festival in Rivertown. Weather was a mite brisk, but not too chilly. The festival runs through Sunday, ending at 8 pm. It wasn't too crowded tonight. They had several food booths open tonight, plus a couple that didn't show up. That was our dinner, Italian food along with a little beer and wine. Off to the other side from where we were sitting, there were several kids activities. An Italian genealogy group had set up camp in the heritage building. Two rows of crafts tents lined the block of Williams. There was a $5 charge per person to get in. A pleasant way to spend a spring evening.

Well it was a very small festival... I'm mainly disappointed about the very paltry food options. C'mon this is an ITALIAN festival so you're going to expect a lot of food right? Wrong... Two vendors with a decent selection of several items and a pizza vendor. Andrea's probably had the best selection and had a tasty veal dish and then a caterer (that I forget the name of) also had pasta with a selection of several toppings like meatballs etc. I sampled 6 dishes and finally got comfortably full. Friday night it was a perfect temperature but there still were not a lot of people out. The band was pretty terrible with a singer that stayed in the monotone range. I guess for Kenner bra in Rivertown it was alright but I've been to better church festivals. Plenty of nice folks at the event but I probably wouldn't return unless it gets kicked up to more food and better music as it isn't worth the drive to Kenner otherwise.

Crazy to pay 8 dollars for an adult when all the other festivals are free here. sucks also nothing for kids to do when the website said otherwise. and nothing about paying EXTRA for the kids to have fun. Probably good good and all but why charge extra for the stuff that matters to family

Went there this afternoon 4/1/2017. Great variety of food. Priced right! Lot of people having a good old time. Five bucks to get in. The food was inexpensive but GREAT ! And the entertainment was fantastic. Way to go Kenner . This event was well organized and if they are not careful will certainly grow out of the wonderful venue.