Taste Of Orleans Comes To Great America July 23-24 & 30-31

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- California's Great America will introduce the exciting new Taste Of Orleans festival July 23-24 and 30-31 in the park's Orleans Place area. Taste of Orleans will feature live Cajun, Jazz and Mardi Gras style music, regional food delicacies and drink and will be open to all Great America guests.

Region cuisine includes chicken gumbo with red beans and rice, Po'boys, muffuletta, crawfish etouffee, beignets and much more. The live music features four jazz and Cajun bands that will entertain guests throughout the day.

"The Taste Of Orleans Festival renews a tradition of branding areas of Great America that represent and celebrate regions across the United States," said California's Great America Vice President and General Manager Raul Rehnborg. "This festival, and holiday events such as Halloween Haunt and our new WinterFest, provides even more and unique reasons for guests to visit Great America."

A Chalk artist will paint Mardi Gras murals throughout festival and there will be mask decorating for kids 12-and-under. To close each evening, a Taste Of Orleans fireworks show set to Cajun music will decorate the sky.

2016 Season Passes are currently on sale for just $67 and features a season of fun in both Great America and Boomerang Bay Water Park. A $99 Gold Pass includes Halloween Haunt, WinterFest, Gilroy Gardens and more, making Great America one of the regions best family valued entertainment options.

Great America is currently hiring for the 2016 season and applicants can apply online at https://www.cagreatamerica.com/jobs.

CEDAR FAIR
California's Great America is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, a publicly traded partnership that is listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FUN."  In addition to California's Great America, Cedar Fair owns and operates ten other amusement parks, six water parks, one indoor water park resort and five hotels, including Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif.  Cedar Fair also operates the Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park in Gilroy, Calif. under a management contract.

www.cagreatamerica.com

SOURCE California's Great America