The largest Mardi Gras parades include the Krewe of Lafitte parade through downtown Pensacola and the Krew or Wrecks parade in Pensacola Beach. Pensacola makes an effort to be family-friendly with a designated kids’ viewing zone for parades, as well as holding the popular Kids and Kritters Mardi Gras Parade. The three largest Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans are parades for the Krewes of Endymion, Bacchus and Muses. Krewe of Endymion The Krewe of Endymion parade is on Saturday, March 1 at 4 p.m. It is fun to be in New Orleans throughout the Mardi Gras season, but the biggest celebrations and parades begin one week before Mardi Gras Day. A marathon of parades and super-krewes roll every single night. Prior to that week, various parades roll in neighborhoods across the city on weekends-- beginning on Twelfth Night in January. Flights and Rex is about tradition, style and elegance – a classic New Orleans Carnival parade. If you can only make one authentic Mardi Gras parade make it this one, Mardi Gras, St. Charles Avenue, 10 a.m. 2. Thoth. Now in its 70th year, the krewe has a great Egyptian motif among its first few floats. It is a big and festive parade. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Krewe of Endymion If you want to attend New Orlean's biggest Mardi Gras party, the Krewe of Endymion parade is the parade to see. Since 1967, this all-male super-krewe has put on the city's biggest spectacle, with over 3,100 participants and 37 floats. You just can’t talk Carnival without giving a nod to the biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the world. Rio has been putting on a lavish, five-day festival of parades, music, and dancing since 1723. Today, 70% of visitors to Brazil’s most dazzling seaport come during Carnival, crowding Rio’s streets with nearly two million tourists. Visit Lake Charles. In Lake Charles, a three-hour drive from New Orleans, Mardi Gras events kick off in early January with the Twelfth Night celebration.Over 50 krewes that call Lake Charles home present their royal courts at this inaugural event, and the following weeks are filled with parades throughout the city leading up to the biggest celebration of all on Fat Tuesday: the Krewe of Krewes Fat Tuesday parades kick off at 10:30 a.m. with the Order of Athena, the only women’s group to parade on Mardi Gras in Mobile, and conclude with the city’s oldest continuous Mardi Gras When are the 2025 Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans? There will be plenty of parades around New Orleans for the last few days of the carnival season leading up to Mardi Gras on Tuesday March 4. There’s nothing quite like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. One of the world’s most iconic celebrations – and definitely one of the most well-known experiences in New Orleans – Mardi Gras is a mix of parades, music, food, and local culture that takes over the city for an experience like no other. The three largest Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans are parades for the Krewes of Endymion, Bacchus and Muses. Krewe of Endymion The Krewe of Endymion parade is on Saturday, March 1 at 4 p.m. They say Mardi Gras in Houma is a “true Cajun celebration” with 14 parades consisting of colorfully themed floats, talented marching bands and lots of unique throws. (Courtesy/Explore Houma) Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. While Soulard Mardi Gras might not be the second largest in the country, it earned a world title in 2012: the annual pet parade was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Watch the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, one of the biggest cultural events of the year in Australia, to see Courtney Act, ABCQueer's Mon Shafter and over 200 floats. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi WWL physically tracks all of the biggest parades during Mardi Gras starting with Joan of Arc and ending with Rex on Mardi Gras day. Whether you are Uptown or in the French Quarter, in Metairie or Friday, Feb. 28 – Tuesday, March 4 – Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette – Cajun Field, Lafayette.Carnival rides and games, live music, food vendors, and parades roll through the festival Lucky for you, parades will be rolling in the Big Easy for St. Patrick’s Read More Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter Visit us on Instagram Visit us on YouTube Visit us on Trip Advisor WWL physically tracks all of the biggest parades during Mardi Gras starting with Joan of Arc and ending with Rex on Mardi Gras day. Whether you are Uptown or in the French Quarter, in Metairie or
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