Aftermath: TX Crawfish Festival (Spring, TX)

We traveled down to Old Town Spring for the 25th Annual Texas Crawfish & Music Festival this past Sunday. The festival will be going on next weekend (Fri-Sun) as well, so if you missed this weekend, you can still catch it.

Upon arrival, we walked up and down the streets checking out local businesses, lots and lots of food and beverage vendors, and massive amounts of discarded crawdaddy shells. It took a while to figure out that this wasn't part of the actual festival, which was hidden in the back, through a field, and across a small bridge into an area enclosed with a chain-link fence. The festival entrance sign was a little misleading.

The actual festival had plenty of carnival rides and games, more food and drink vendors, and three stages with different types of music. There is karaoke on certain days. Be sure to check the music schedule on the official website if you are interested in seeing someone specific:
http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com/music-lineup.html

When we arrived at the country music stage, Phil Pritchet was performing. He sang a song about people getting punched in the mouth. I think it did a good job of getting the crowd pumped up, because a few minutes later, this happened:

I don't know who would do such a thing to that poor man. ;)

I didn't care about the crawfish, the other performers, or the $5.00 lemonade. I was there to see Ray Wylie Hubbard! He did my favorite song second ("Snake Farm"), but I did stick around for the rest of the show. I'm a pasty person, so I ended up with a sunburn, but it was worth it. The show was awesome, except this annoying drunk lady that kept heckling Ray Wylie. Most of the audience agreed that she should have been the one who was punched in the mouth.

Overall, the Crawfish Festival was a good time. If you go next weekend, be sure to wear sunscreen and bring a lot of money. You may want to put your kid in a bubble for $7.00 for 5 minutes.

See more photos from the festival at our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/HeyHuntsville!

Texas Crawfish & Music Fest (Spring, TX)

This will be the 25th annual Texas Crawfish & Music Festival in Old Town Spring. The event takes place on two weekends: May 13-15 & May 20-22.

If you buy your ticket online, it only costs $8 for one day. At the gate, tickets are $12. Kids under 12 get in free. Also: Free entry with military ID (active or inactive).

If you're not into crawfish (I'm certainly not!), there's still stuff for you to do here. They will have carnival rides, games, vendors, and live music each day. For a list of musicians playing the festival, click here. I hear that Lit will also be there, but it isn't on the website yet. There is a Facebook event page here, though.

For more information or to buy discount tickets, go to their website: http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com

*Update (4/27)*

The music schedule is now up, and it includes everything from Lit to Come See My Dead Person to Ray Wylie Hubbard - and also karaoke contests! You now have no excuse not to GTFO and check out the TX Crawfish Fest!