{"id":5482,"date":"2010-08-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/crawfish-festival-brings-cajun-flavor-to-long-beach\/"},"modified":"2010-08-03T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T06:00:00","slug":"crawfish-festival-brings-cajun-flavor-to-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/crawfish-festival-brings-cajun-flavor-to-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Crawfish Festival Brings Cajun Flavor To Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 30 years, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oentertainment.net\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">O Entertainment<\/a> has been producing events around the Southland.&nbsp; It is perhaps best known for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long Beach Crawfish Festival<\/a>, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday, August 7th and 8th, at Rainbow Lagoon.&nbsp; The festival, now in its 17th year, boasts the largest crawfish cooker ever made, and features music, dancing, and complete dinners.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In this brief video interview, Roy Hasset, President of O Entertainment, spoke with me about the event, his love of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royboy.com\/gallery.php?gid=79\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">painting<\/a>, and his fascination with the Watts Towers.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KeNc7__l5c8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KeNc7__l5c8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Information and tickets are available at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LongBeachCrawfishFestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Hasset, President of O Entertainment, has been bringing fun to Long Beach for more than 30 years.  In this brief video interview, he speaks about the 17th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival, which is taking place this weekend at Rainbow Lagoon.  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