Crawfish boil and numerous food offerings planned for Red Brick Roads fest
By Sherry Lucas
Three-pound plates of crawfish and fixings will be offered to festival-goers at market price on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 28.
The Red Brick Boil community crawfish event, a tasty new addition last year to the Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival to take advantage of its new spring date, is back for the 2026 edition in bigger and better ways.
The Red Brick Roads Music and Arts Festival, March 26-28 in Olde Towne Clinton, is jointly produced by the City of Clinton, Clinton Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Clinton.
Festival organizers are more than doubling their order of crawfish from T’Beaux’s Crawfish and Catering for the 2026 event, after last year’s runaway success sold out of plates within forty-five minutes. The 300-pound stash of spicy crustaceans was snapped up in a flash.
For 2026, they’re ordering 750 pounds of crawfish for the event, Clinton Director of Communications and Tourism Marlee Price-Cook said.
“That’s enough to feed about 250 people 3-pound plates,” she said. A plate will include three pounds of crawfish, potatoes, corn and a drink, at market price (expected to be about $30 a plate). “It’ll be in line with whatever crawfish places in the area charge, to keep it fair,” she added.
The Red Brick Boil starts at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28.
Leake Street will be lined with picnic tables for the chow-down, and there will also be tables in front of the crawfish food truck.
Festival-goers don’t have to wait for the crawfish boil to gobble up goodies, though. The festival grounds are full of eateries that serve the community in Olde Towne Clinton year-round, such as 303 Jefferson, The Bank, Krilakis, Coach’s Creamery and Meme’s Brick Street Bakery. Keep an eye out for special festival offerings from favorites. Meme’s, for instance, will be offering chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick and dunk-a-doos (chocolate chip cookies with dippable icing) for festival-goers.
“We encourage attendees to stop by and show your support for these local businesses,” Main Street Clinton Assistant Director Ashley Hammack said.
The festival will also have Copeland’s BBQ, Grumpy Dave’s Kettle Korn and Coach’s Lemonade set up in the food park near Meme’s Brick Street Bakery.
Craft and domestic beer and water will be available at two beverage tents on the festival grounds. Restaurants and food trucks will also have drinks available. Plus, those 21 and up can sip samples of home brew in the beer garden as part of the Red Brick Brew Home Brew Competition.
