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Rex's Proclamation invites his subjects to the grand celebration of Carnival. His royal colors of purple, green, and gold are to this day the colors of Mardi Gras, and the song played in the first Rex parade, "If Ever I Cease to Love," has become Carnival's anthem. Rex and his Queen preside over the Rex Ball, Carnival's glittering conclusion. They are the origin of many Mardi Gras traditions, including the official Carnival colors of purple, green and gold, as well as the collectible doubloon coins (introduced by Rex in 1960). The Krewe consists of 600 male riders and parades on the New Orleans Uptown route on Mardi Gras day, immediately after Zulu. The Rex Organization (founded 1872), [1] commonly referred to simply as Rex, is a New Orleans Carnival krewe which stages one of the city's most celebrated parades on Mardi Gras Day. Rex is Latin for ' king ', and Rex reigns as "The King of Carnival". Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please Krewe of Rex 10:30am view map ; All 2025 parading krewes in New Orleans are dedicating this Carnival season to those who lost their lives and the loved ones they have left behind. Rex Official James J. Reiss, III announced the King of Carnival’s proclamation and plans to visit “his beloved Capital City of New Orleans” to celebrate Mardi Gras. The Rex parade is a one-time-only show—a masterpiece that lasts only for a few magical hours before it disappears forever. The floats of the 2025 Rex Parade 2025 rex parade. The 2025 Rex Pa rade begins at 10:30am on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. It will follow the traditional route, beginning on Napoleon Ave at St. Charles, moving down Rex has been the global symbol of New Orleans’ most famous holiday since his first appearance in 1872. The all-male krewe is responsible for the concept of day parades, for the official Mardi Gras flag and colors – green for faith, gold for power, purple for justice – and for the anthem of Carnival, “If I Ever Cease to Love,” as well as for one of the most popular throws, the The Boeuf Gras rolls in the Rex parade down St. Charles Ave. on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD The historic and royal Krewe of Rex rolls every Mardi Gras Day. Read More Super-Krewes Endymion. Named for the Olympian god of fertility and eternal youth, the Krewe of Rex. View in parade tracker. Some regular routes are altered during the Mardi Gras season: All parade detours start two hours before the parade start time. A new signature throw for Excalibur will be an 8-inch hand-decorated Dragon Egg and hand-decorated wooden shields. Excalibur rolls February 21 at 7 p.m. during Family Gras. Krewe of Paws. Mardi Gras has gone to the dogs! The Krewe of Paws will parade Saturday, February 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Olde Town Slidell. King Rex J. Storey Charbonnet waves to the crowd as the Krewe of Rex parades along St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. PHOTO BY SHAWN FINK NO.rex The Krewe of Bosom Buddies & Breast Friends is a walking krewe that parades in the French Quarter on the Friday before Mardi Gras. Founded in 2013, they set out to create “a laid-back, inexpensive, fun, colorful and fearless walking krewe full of fabulous women and the men who support them.&rd The Krewe of Rex is the originator of many traditions of Mardi Gras, including its colors of purple, green and gold, as well as the collectible doubloon coins (introduced by Rex in 1960). The woman credited with shining the spotlight on the central role racism and anti-Semitism played in the composition of Carnival’s most elite krewes — Mistick Krewe of Comus, the Knights of Momus, the Krewe of Proteus and the Krewe of Rex — was Dorothy Mae Taylor, who first earned notoriety in 1986 when she became the first Black woman to Doubloons were introduced to Mardi Gras by the Krewe of Rex in 1960 and rapidly became one of the premier krewe favors which krewe members could inexpensively throw to the crowds attending their parades. The Krewe of Rex is the originator of many traditions of Mardi Gras, including its colors of purple, green and gold, as well as the collectible doubloon coins (introduced by Rex in 1960). Rex traditionally declares the start of Mardi Gras by official proclamation. HNOC, 1983.30 The captain of the Mistick Krewe of Comus (center left) the presents Queen Jessie Wing Sennott to the king, standing at rear with his pages, at the krewe’s ball in 1962. The Krewe of Rex is the centerpiece of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and has served as the icon of Carnival for over 150 years. Rex is one of New Orleans four Super Krewes, living by their motto “Pro Bono Publico” (for the public good.) Mardi Gras dioramas line the parade route as the Krewe of 'tit Rex rolls in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune) STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD
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