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| Mudbug Madness 2008 The Mudbug Madness Festival will run from May 22nd thru May 25th. In 1984, a group of brave and loyal North Louisianans decided to take a stand. This group was tired of hearing: “You people in Shreveport are more like Texans than anything else. You’re hardly a part of Louisiana, at all.” So this daring group gathered in the Downtown Shreveport Unlimited office to organize their ranks and pay homage to the most cherished of Louisiana institutions – the crawfish boil! And this group wanted to make their crawfish boil the granddaddy of them all. |
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Mudbug Madness: Provides a downtown venue where everybody has a good time celebrating Louisiana’s rich Cajun heritage. But Mudbug Madness is more than just a big crawfish boil. Supporters take their commitment to downtown Shreveport very seriously and the festival has been successful in producing healthy revenues, a portion of which are reinvested in other downtown endeavors. Downtown Shreveport Unlimited, the presenting organization, provides sponsorship dollars for other downtown projects and events including: “Let the Good Times Roll,” “Jazz & Gumbo Festival,” “Cinco de Mayo,” “Rockets Over the Red” and the Shreveport Police Mounted Patrol Unit. | |
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What began in 1984 as a two-day street festival in downtown Shreveport is now one of Louisiana’s largest and most popular Cajun festivals, featuring renown Cajun, Zydeco, Blues and Jazz artists, mouth-watering Cajun cuisine, raucous contests, and fun for all ages. Now a four-day festival held each Memorial Day weekend, Mudbug Madness is nationally recognized as one of the Southeast Tourism Society’s Top 20 Events, drawing as many as 56,000 people in one day. | |
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Local crawfish and catering specialist, Shavers is cooking and serving festival goers. Established in 1994, Shavers Crawfish and Catering can handle any event from 10 to 5,000 people. Shavers can handle special events like baby showers, formal wedding receptions, elegant corporate dinners or a back yard barbeque. They are so good they will make you feel like a guest at your own party. | |
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Carnival Schedule Thursday Free from 11am until 6pm; $3.00 per person after 6pm Friday Free from 11am until 6p; $3.00 per person after 6pm Saturday & Sunday 11am until closing $3.00 per person * Children under 12 are free at all times |
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