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In New Orleans, the Zulu parade rolls first, starting at 8:00 a.m. on the corner of Jackson and Claiborne and ending at Broad and Orleans, Rex follows Zulu as it turns onto St. Charles following the traditional Uptown route from Napoleon to St. Charles and then to Canal St. Truck parades follow Rex and often have hundreds of floats blowing loud ...
In 1983 the parade became a daytime event and in 1986 the parade route finally stretched to downtown. Past Grand Marshals include a person sporting a Bart Simpson costume, [1] film-maker Spike Lee [2] and members of the New Orleans Saints. [3] Past Kings include John Candy and Eugene Levy.
The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory The post New Orleans’ 2023 Mardi Gras parade routes to stay short appeared first on TheGrio. Fans of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras season can expect another year of ...
Krewe of Muses parade on Jeudi Gras, the Thursday night prior to Mardi Gras - which members cheekily call "tHERSday" as a nod to being a women's Krewe.The parade starts in Uptown New Orleans at Magazine Street and Jefferson Avenue, then proceeds east to Napoleon Avenue where it turns left and follows Knights of Babylon and Knights of Chaos up Napoleon Avenue, turning right onto St. Charles ...
The Krewe of Thoth was organized in 1947 in the uptown neighborhood of New Orleans. It presented its first ball and five float parade with 50 members in 1948. The route has traditionally gone into areas not covered by larger krewes.
New Orleans' annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends ...
The Skeleton Walking Krewe hands out the D'Etat Gazette (Carnival Bulletin) leading the parade which provides an overview of the floats. Le Krewe d'Etat utilize flambeaux to light the parade route. Krewe d'Etat is notable for being the first Mardi Gras parade to throw blinking beads. [citation needed]
The Knights of Babylon Parade rolls annually on its traditional Uptown New Orleans parade route. Babylon is always the first parade on this evening, leading the way for the other Thursday parades, and blazing the trail for Carnival weekend festivities. Its route starts at the intersection of Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue, turning right ...