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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 2024 in New Orleans: a preview of all parades, with dates and maps The 2024 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday Feb. 13. +2 This website from the city of New Orleans offers schedules, route maps and real-time GPS tracking of the lead and tail of New Orleans parades including the truck parades following Rex on Mardi Gras Day. One feature deserving of a bejeweled crown: users can view locations of public toilets put in place by the city for parades and special events. The 2025 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. The 2025 WWL-TV Mardi Gras Parade Tracker App is here for IOS & Android devices. View and track parades, share locations, customize your app, or visit our sponsors. Mardi Gras 2025 in New Orleans: a preview of all parades, with dates and maps The 2025 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. Email 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. 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 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.” For a schedule of New Orleans' Mardi Gras parades visit: 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 of Muses signature floats rolls on the uptown parade route in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. The parade rolled with 26 floats and over 1,100 female members to the theme, "Muses 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. 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. The Krewe of Freret paraded for more than 40 years until the mid-1990s. In 2011, the resurgence of the krewe began with seven Loyola graduates who wanted to unify enthusiastic young professionals and infuse vigor into Carnival while revitalizing the Freret corridor. Here are all of the details for the Krewe of Iris Parade that rolls in New Orleans, Louisiana for 2025 Mardi Gras. See the date, time, parade route and more. A no parking on the parade route sign on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans is still covered in beads one week past Mardi Gras. Much of the Uptown route is still covered in Carnival debris Mardi Gras Parade Routes. Start a map with this data Create a Story Select to open in a new tab. View All Metadata. Select to open in a new tab Here are the parade route maps for every 2024 Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, from Endymion to Bacchus to Zulu and beyond. With Carnival Season underway, the New Orleans Fire Department would like to wish all residents and visitors a “Safe and Happy Mardi Gras” as parades are set to roll in the City of New Orleans starting Friday, February 21, 2025. The NOFD would like to share this important safety message leading up to the festive day, which is Tuesday, March
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