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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. 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 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. NEW ORLEANS — Several Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish have been rescheduled as forecasters predict severe weather, including thunderstorms and heavy rain, on Sunday. 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. 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. 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 will even be parades for dog lovers after the Download Our Parade Calendars. Mardi Gras in New Orleans Other Parades. How to use? An ICS file (also known as an iCalendar file) is a universal calendar format used to store and share event data. It allows you to import events into calendar applications like Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook, and more. 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.” A person sprays champagne into the mouth of another Mardi Gras reveler in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Carnival season 2024 is entering its final days in New Orleans with big parades on the city’s main thoroughfares and smaller, offbeat walking clubs strolling the old French Quarter. The Krewe of Freret parade rolls on the uptown parade route in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. About 500 male and female riders rolled on over 20 floats to the theme "Music of 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. Previewing 30 New Orleans and Jefferson Parish parades with themes, royalty, special guests, throws, maps and more. If you want to enjoy the revelry of Mardi Gras 2025 while away from New Orleans, NOLA.com's Parade Cam Presented by NewOrleans.com is the answer. It's back this year to give you the best seat in Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Kaylee Hartung shares a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic floats in Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and the family behind its historic legacy. (Sponsored by New NEW ORLEANS — WWL Louisiana has live coverage of Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. Carnival season wraps up on Mardi Gras Day with lots of parades rolling across Southeast Louisiana. This means that the weekend when the major New Orleans Mardi Gras parades will be taking place is on the last weekend of February, which is, more specifically, from Feb. 28 through March 2. Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and all the Gulf Coast. Big parades are rolling down the main routes as some get fancied up for formal balls and others costume to poke fun and make merry. The Krewe of Carrollton parades along the Uptown route in New Orleans, Sunday, February 4, 2024. The krewe is known for throwing decorated shrimp boots, doubloons, specialty beads and cups. New Orleans and southeast Louisiana Mardi Gras 2025 Carnival parade schedule. Get information on all the dates and times for your favorite parades. Skip Navigation
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