SPECIAL EVENTS

The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival 2010 featuring 3 days of music, food & fun! Come join the fun in Downtown Conroe on October 8, 9, 10, 2010.

Weekend activities begin on Friday night, October 8th, with some of the hippest music from the Texas entertainment industry. Continuous music all weekend long from our Texas Stage, Cajun Stage, Willie B’s Stage, Patio Stage, and family entertainment from our Kid’s Small Fry Stage.

Our entertainment line-up is one of the main reasons our festival patrons keep coming back each year. This is the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival’s 21st year to return by popular demand. Each year this festival only gets bigger and better. Where else but TEXAS! Our festival attendance keeps climbing. Last year we played host to over 30,000 festival guests.

Other activities include -Arts and Crafts exhibitors from all over Texas and from other states near and far. “Go Texan Wine Area” showcasing food and wine sampling, displays, and even Texas sounds.

Families can come out and spend the day in our Kid’s Area that includes children’s fun rides, Monster Mural, amusements, and the Small Fry Stage where young dancers from several local dance and art schools perform.

No need to bring your fishing poles, the Catfish is already on the grill! But catfish is not the only food you’ll find at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival, you’ll have plenty of items to choose from; shrimp, gumbo, frog legs, alligator, boudain, sausage, chicken, red beans and rice, and much more.

The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival is presented by the Friends of Conroe, Inc in downtown Conroe, Texas—a 10 block area. This 21st Annual city-wide festival is supported by the City of Conroe, Commissioners Court, Montgomery County, Greater Conroe/Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce, Lake Conroe Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. The festival enjoys visitors from Houston, Beaumont, Austin, Louisiana, Huntsville, College Station, Conroe, and surrounding areas.

The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival benefits the non-profit  Friends of Conroe, Inc., who are working to enhance the quality of life in Conroe and Montgomery County through civic and cultural improvements. The Friends contribute funds to other established nonprofit organizations, promote community projects and support the renovation of the downtown Conroe area.