Some of the festivals Isleton has had over the years include:
- Asparagus Festival from 1926-1939
- May Festival from 1974-1979, evolved into Isleton Festival from 1980-1985
- Crawdad Festival from 1986-2008
- Non-Festival in 2009
The May Festival was created to celebrate Isleton rising from the levee break west of Spindrift Marina on June 21, 1972. Note that the day was not rainy or stormy, but the first day of Summer. The Krazy River Raft Race ran during the May Festival years. Folks constructed rafts of unlikely objects (i.e. toilets) and floated them between Vieira's Resort and the Isleton launch ramp. Concern of liability issues ended the raft race. The Isleton Festival was a scaled-down community event. A conversation at the Del Rio bar evolved into the Crawdad Festival, which ended in 2008 when the entire venue was shifted to Sixth Street. The Cajun is scheduled to be on the two blocks of Main Street and the water tower/school parking lot.
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