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(WREG-TV) You’re invited to kick off the downtown party season with the 22nd Annual City Auto Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival.

It happens this Sunday, April 27, at Wagner Pl. & Riverside Dr. between Union & Beale on the bluffs overlooking the river.

The hours are 11a.m. until 6 p.m.

There will be more than 16,000 pounds of crawfish, along with vendors selling food, drinks, art, and more.

You’ll hear live music and 24 teams will be competing in a gumbo cook-off.

The whole thing benefits Porter-Leath.

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And here’s how to each crawfish, in case you didn’t know: