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After a long absence from prime time television, Bacchus returned to the New Orleans airwaves in 2009, when NBC affiliate WDSU produced a five-hour live broadcast of the parade and ensuing party at New Orleans Morial Convention Center. The Bacchus Rendezvous, the krewe's ball, has been held at the Convention Center since 1994 after it was held ...
The 2019 Krewe of Bacchus Parade was out-of-this-world thanks to Supernatural star Jensen Ackles stepping up as the god of wine himself. Harry Connick Jr. Erika Goldring/Getty Harry Connick Jr.
Several daytime parades roll on Saturday (including Krewe of Tucks and Krewe of Iris) and on Sunday (Thoth, Okeanos, and Krewe of Mid-City). The first of the "super krewes", Endymion, parades on Saturday night, with the celebrity-led Bacchus parade on Sunday night.
They were soon joined by local attorney Brett Powers, and together they comprise the original three "Overlords" of the Krewe. Chewbacchus marched for the first time during Mardi Gras 2011 near the Uptown parade route on "Bacchus" Sunday as a satiric mashup of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, and Chewbacca, the Wookiee from Star Wars. [5]
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. ... Krewe of Bacchus: 5:15 p.m., Uptown New Orleans ...
Beyond the dazzling parades and flamboyant costumes, Mardi Gras is a celebration of community, self-expression and the enduring spirit of joy. ... The Krewe of Bacchus Parade and Krewe of Endymion ...
The krewes are showcased in the parades but their club activities and traditional Mardi Gras balls are by invitation, with each ball naming its own krewe royalty. ... The Krewe of Bacchus has been ...
The parades of the largest krewes (colloquially known as "super krewes") came later, during the 1960s/70's, and traditionally occur immediately prior to and on Shrove Tuesday, including those of Endymion (Saturday, which also culminates with a concert event at Caesars Superdome), Bacchus (Sunday), and Zulu and Rex (Tuesday).