Isleton Cajun Festival

Absolutely embarrassing traffic control. Two hours to drive 1/2 mile. Organizer needs to be fined, fired and hung out on a yard arm.Ruined a wonderful day. A little bit of an update.... we spent the afternoon at the festival and it was pretty sad. Only one vendor had crawdads and the line was 2 1/2 hours long. Very, very disappointing.

I was excited when I first learned about this festival but after attending the "Crawdad" festival on Saturday June 17th 2023, I left feeling stupendously disappointed.My buddy purchased the event tickets and parking ticket online. We were coming from Oakland and arrived to the festival around 2pm. We weren't stuck in traffic for a long period of time compared to other folks and it did not take long for us to get parking. Upon arriving, there were people directing traffic to the parking lot. Once we arrived to the lot, the guys at the lot told us they cannot honor our online parking ticket. They told us that their parking lot is private land, unaffiliated with the event, and that we need to talk to the "organizers" for the online parking. My buddy ended up paying $20.When we arrived to the festival, the line was long to enter and there wasn't any staff or signs to inform people that there was two lines. Once we entered, we found out that there was only ONE crawdad booth at this "Crawdad" festival. We came here strictly for crawdads and waited in line for 3 hours and purchased 8lbs of crawdads only for it to taste like someone who was drunk in the mud. Oh wait, the chef was literally drinking while cooking! No wonder it didn't taste good. I thought I was going to taste some of the best crawdads I've ever had, but nope. It was utterly disappointing and majority of our time was spent standing in line and eating 8lbs of disgusting crawdads.Would I go back again? Sure but I wouldn't waste my time for one single Crawdad booth. They should at least invite local Crawdad/Cajun restaurants and ask them to be a vendor. The point of a "Crawdad" festival is to be themed out with crawdad vendors and festivities! If the "organizer" is reading this, take notes!Shoutout to the local bar with the karaoke joint, that was the best entertainment we've had.

My family n I were glad to have this event back at the delta/ In the town of Islenton Ca. Prop's to the organizers & the board members at the Chamber of Commerce... it being the first, since five years, there are things that could be improved. The only problem I personally had was the extremely long wait in the line for crawdads two hours, we waited in the hot sun other than that the atmosphere people were friendly the bands were jumping I think security was plentiful and friendly a little more shade would be appreciate it for next year. Also, maybe a second area cooking crawfish please...... I know it's hard to please everyone that can't be but all in all we had a good time so thank you Islenton for bringing back the crawdad festival..

This was our first and last time attending this event. We sat in traffic for about 2 hours to go half a mile. Parking was a joke, took 20 minutes to walk from parking to entrance. This was a "crawfish festival" and there was only one food vendor serving crawfish. It cost $25 per person to get in and another $10 to park 20 minutes away. 3 hours of waiting in lines (traffic, parking, entrance) and this was in no way a crawfish festival. If you plan to come on Sunday, save your time and money.

This was our 1st time to go to the Crawdad Festival. It sounds like fun we looking forward to the festival. However, they were very unorganized in several ways.1. They're outhouses were basically located in area which was about in the center of the festival. There about 3 more a little ways away from there. But when you have to go to the bathroom and you don't know where the outhouses are they should be posted whwere they are. Also, they should have them in the beginning, the middle, and the end of the festival. 2. We only saw one booth for crawldads and you had to buy a ticket before you could get them and the line was enormous to get your crawfdafs. If they insist on using tickets and not being able just to walk up to purchase them. Since uts the Crawdad Festival they should have several booths of crawldads. And a variety how they can be cooked.3. You had to purchase a ticket to get beer. Also another very long line. I guess the reason was for checking IDs3. There needed to be someone keeping the entrance line moving by directing people into two lines for security check, since there were two tables where it was being done. 4. Very few market street vendors.5. It would have been nice to have seating areas along the street just to sit and rest or eat.There was one PLUSthey had golf carts and a van to take people to and from the festival.

Can't just give it a half star, but that's what it deserves! HORRIBLY RUN, or actually not ran at all!! Stupid to have a ticket booth and waste 1 hr in line to buy drink tickets. There should have been a voucher purchased online with a limit in order to get drinks. Now another 1.5 hrs in line for a drink. Only then to find out that it was a 4 hour wait in line for crawdads! NOPE!!!! NEVER AGAIN! But wait!!!! Got in a good vendor line to get crocodile nuggets for one person it was $35 . Wouldn't recommend this place to a stray cat!

This was my First time going and my Last. I don't see how, this can be called a Crawdad Festival, with only one Vendor Serving Crawdads. We waited in line for Crawdads for one hour, to be told, that the Vendor had ran out. Then we had to wait another hour for the, One Vendor to have some more delivered. Once the Crawdads were delivered, we had to wait another hour, to get our Crawdads, a total of three hours! Ridiculous! Then the Crawdad Vendor, started serving People that was walking up to the booth over Us, who had been in line for hours. No Bathroom sign postings. There was barely any place to sit down, to eat your food! Thank God, we got there early, so the traffic was light. We went there for Crawdads, but it was everything else there, but that. To anyone planning on going, in the near future, don't go, save your money, but if you go, be prepared for a long, not so fun day!

First time going was excited but a little let down. Some attractions listed/advertised were missing (we arrived Saturday from about 11:30 am - 2 pm ish). Crawdads was main draw and were yummy but they ran out of crawdad tacos early and most of the food was pricey and seating under tents was limited. Parking very dusty, bumpy dirt lots and signage/directions on how to get out wasn't clear/missing. Sadly there was no carnival, no mechanical bull and didn't see any raffles either. No idea why not. Cute street but lacked shade and it was very sunny and warm/hot. There wasn't much to shop for/buy beyond foods. Since it was really long drive and pricey and not as advertised, probably won't go again.

Will never go again to this promoter's event!! Skipped the event in Sacramento, not knowing it moved to Isleton , no catfish, alligator, fog legs,crawfish apparently was sold by the promoter only, Saturday when we went,went ready by the time we left at noon!! It used to be amazing. We don't recommend going!

"F"ing rip off. $12 for general parking, $25 for preferred Parking. There is no such thing. parking control had no ideas of Preferred parking passes or checked for prepaid parking passes. you park in the F'ing' boonies. they stole our money. there is as no charge for parking any way.