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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. Stay tuned to Facebook or Instagram for any last-minute weather updates to the schedule. 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. The Krewe of Bacchus rolls along the Uptown parade route in New Orleans on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Big Chief Victor Harris of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi Mardi Gras Indians walks through Treme WWL-TV presents the 2025 Mardi Gras Parade Tracker. We are New Orleans' premier Mardi Gras parade tracking service. We cover more parades in more areas of the city than any other app available on 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. 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. Fri Feb 28 at 5:30pm in Uptown New Orleans share share The Krewe of Hermes parade will start at the intersection of Magazine Street and Jefferson Avenue in New Orleans. The first ball was held in 1857 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus. Comus hosted the first parade, followed by Rex in 1872, which debuted the king of Mardi Gras. The Rex parade gave Mardi Gras the official colors of purple to represent justice, green to represent faith, and gold to represent power. The three colors were to represent the “king.” 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 Mardi Gras 2024: New Orleans parade schedule, routes, what to know about the celebration. Emily DeLetter. USA TODAY. Revelers and partygoers, listen up: Mardi Gras season has returned to New Orleans. 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. 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. The krewe, now co-ed, has called the Uptown New Orleans parade route home since 2014 and is known for bright floats, generous throws, and multiple bands and marching groups. Other krewe events during the year include ALLA's Coronation Dinner at Antoine's in June and the Krewe of ALLA Bash in January. At Canal, the parade will turn southeast on Canal and follow the road to Decatur St., where the parade ends. The Knights of Babylon were found in 1939, by a group of professionals called The Jester’s Club. Founded in 1947, the Krewe of Thoth is named for the Egyptian Patron of Wisdom and Inventor of Science, Art and Letters. The krewe's original parade route was designed to serve people who were unable to attend other parades in the city. The parade will head along Napoleon Avenue north until St. Charles Avenue, where the parade will turn east (right). The Krewe of Proteus will follow St. Charles all the way to Lee Circle, around the circle and back on St. Charles northward to Canal Street. The Krewe of Okeanos parade will start at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Magazine Street in New Orleans. The parade will proceed east along Magazine until Napoleon Avenue, where the krewe will turn north (left). Uptown New Orleans Phunny Phorty Phellows: 7:00PM Funky Uptown Krewe: Follows Saturday, January 25th French Quarter Krewe Mosaique: 6:00PM Saturday, February 1st Marigny Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus: 7:00PM Friday, February 14th French Quarter Krewe Boheme: 7:00PM Saturday, February 15th French Quarter Krewe du Vieux: 6:30PM krewedelusion 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. Mardi Gras 2022 parade route maps: See Pontchartrain rolls on the first Saturday of the official New Orleans Mardi Gras season with some of Mardi Gras’ most memorable floats, such as “Mr. Mudbug” (the world’s largest crawfish) and a giant fish dubbed “The Super Grouper.”
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