Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme. Search . Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map ; Uptown New Orleans; Mardi Gras Parade Schedule. Mardi Gras is more than just a day, or one week, or even a weekend. Starting January 6 (Twelfth Night), New Orleans has parades in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras Day, which falls on March 4, 2025. Take a look at the parades below and click on each to learn more. 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. The season, which represents a time of celebration before Christian Lent, lasts until Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras Day, is March 4, 2025. Between January 6 and March 4, enjoy parades, king cake, community celebrations, and more. For a list of future Mardi Gras Day dates, see here. Where in New Orleans can I experience Mardi Gras? The Krewe of Iris parades through New Orleans on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Big Chief Victor Harris of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi Mardi Gras Indians walks through Treme on Mardi Gras Day in New Celebrate Mardi Gras traditions throughout New Orleans: Twelfth Night, Chewbacchus, Zulu, Rex and more. Click here to find the best Mardi Gras events in New Orleans. Don your purple, green and gold and join us in New Orleans this March for "The Greatest Free Show on Earth." Mardi Gras 2025 is Tuesday, March 4. We're counting down the minutes. Selene follows Dionysus. Aphrodite at 6:00 p.m. in Houma. Saturday, March 1, 2025: NOMTOC at 10:45 a.m. on the Westbank. Iris at 11 a.m. in Uptown New Orleans 19 parades will roll across metro New Orleans this weekend as Mardi Gras 2025 kicks off is the busiest day of the entire parade season with nine major processions in a four-parish area. St Mardi Gras 2024: New Orleans parade schedule, routes, what to know about the celebration. the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season that culminates with Easter. Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme. Search . Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map ; Uptown New Orleans; Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme. Search . Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map ; Uptown New Orleans; To protect her hands from hard Mardi Gras beads hitting her cold hands, Bobbi Foster wore gloves for the Krewe of Hermes parade in New Orleans on February 17, 2023. Laissez les bon temps rouler! New Orleans is always great to visit but Mardi Gras season is special! Make sure to catch the Endymion and Bacchus parades, and the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras day. If you want to hear some great music stop by Snug Harbor, the Jazz Market and Preservation Hall! - Adonis Rose Executive Director of the NOCCA Foundation The first Mardi Gras parade was held in New Orleans by the Krewe of Comus in 1857, and in 1870, Mardi Gras’ second Krewe, the Twelfth Night Revelers, began tossing “throws” (more on these iconic parts of Mardi Gras later). The King's Jester float makes it way down St. Charles Ave. near Canal Street as Rex rolls on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. A closer look at the Mardi Gras parades.
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