Get Ready For The Newest Mardi Gras Event to come to the Bolivar Peninsula as the Motley Krewe of Crystal Beach with the Bolivar Arena Association present the Courir de Mardi Gras Chicken Run & Gumbo Cookoff January 16th-17th.

It will be a weekend filled with a unique spin on the Rural Cajun Mardi Gras Tradition-Courir de Mardi Gras.

Friday, Kicking off the event with a “Drinking with Chickens” social, sponsored by the Ships Wheel, featuring Hill Country Band-The Heartbreak Outlaws, performing an entertaining tribute to Classic Country Legends.

Saturday, at the Swedes Park Pavilion Grounds in Crystal Beach, will be a day of:

*Chicken Runs for all ages to join & catch chicken, Sponsored by Turner Industries.

*Music on the Chicken Run stage featuring David Varnado & Kevin Wright

*Grand Finale of local business sponsors & Mascots participating in the Motley & Gumbeaux’s Mascot Challenge.

*Gumbo Cook Off and Public Gumbo Tasting sponsored by Cowboy’s Services Inc & SR Tilley Builders.

*Zydeco Music on the Main Stage by Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express sponsored by J&J Exterminating.

*A Children’s Area sponsored by RE/MAX on the Water Bolivar & The Cravy Reality Group of Texas.

Join in the Fun-Registration is Now Open for all events and sign up forms can be found in the comments below.