2013 Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
2013 Parade Season Split in Two by Super Bowl!!!
2As was the case for Mardi Gras 2002 after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the 2013 parade season will be cut in two, with the first week of Carnival beginning Jan. 25 instead of Feb. 1. That will be followed by a nine-day break in parading as football fans, city officials, the tourism industry and police turn their attention to Super Bowl XLVII (47)
The Super Bowl is Feb. 3, and Mardi Gras 2013 falls on Feb. 12.
The parade season will pick up again after the big game. Traditionally, the official Carnival season consists of 12 consecutive days that culminate on Fat Tuesday.
A handful of Krewes must change their parading days to suit the new schedule.
Parades rolling on Friday, February 1, Oshun and Cleopatra, move to January 25. Parades rolling on Saturday, February 2, Pontchartrain, Sparta and Pygmalion, move to January 26. Parades rolling on Sunday, February 2, Alla, King Arthur, and Carrollton, move to January 27.
As a result of the schedule changes in 2002, some krewes had to scale back in size. The 11 krewes forced to change their schedules received financial compensation from the NFL. The details of the settlement were confidential, but the krewes asked for $550,000, or $50,000 per krewe. The NFL also paid the National Automobile Dealers Association $7.5 million that year to move its meeting to the Super Bowl’s original slot.
Schedule courtesy Tulane.edu.
2013 Orleans Only Parade Schedule
Day | Date | Krewe | Route |
Friday | January 6, 2013 | Phunny Phorty Phellows | Uptown Streetcar Route |
Friday | January 6, 2013 | Krewe of Jeanne d’Arc | French Quarter |
Saturday | January 19, 2013 | Krewe du Vieux | Marigny/French Quarter |
Friday | January 25, 2013 | Krewe of Oshun | Uptown |
Friday | January 25, 2013 | Krewe of Cleopatra | Uptown |
Saturday | January 26, 2013 | Krewe of Pontchartrain | Uptown – Napoleon |
Saturday | January 26, 2013 | Krewe of Choctaw (1 year only) | Uptown |
Saturday | January 26, 2013 | Knights of Sparta | Uptown – Napoleon |
Saturday | January 26, 2013 | Krewe of Pygmalion | Uptown – Napoleon |
Sunday | January 27, 2013 | Krewe of Carrollton | Uptown – Napoleon |
Sunday | January 27, 2013 | Krewe of King Arthur | Uptown – Napoleon |
Friday | February 1, 2013 | Krewe of Cork | French Quarter |
Sunday | February 3, 2013 | Mystic Krewe of Barkus | French Quarter |
Wednesday | February 6, 2013 | Krewe of Ancient Druids | Uptown – Jefferson |
Wednesday | February 6, 2013 | Mystic Krewe of Nyx | Uptown – Jefferson |
Thursday | February 7, 2013 | Knights of Babylon | Uptown – Napoleon |
Thursday | February 7, 2013 | Knights of Chaos | Uptown – Napoleon |
Thursday | February 7, 2013 | Krewe of Muses | Uptown – Jefferson |
Friday | February 8, 2013 | Krewe of Hermes | Uptown – Napoleon |
Friday | February 8, 2013 | Le Krewe d’Etat | Uptown – Jefferson |
Friday | February 8, 2013 | Krewe of Morpheus | Uptown – Jefferson |
Saturday | February 9, 2013 | Krewe of Iris | Uptown – Napoleon |
Saturday | February 9, 2013 | Krewe of Tucks | Uptown – Napoleon |
Saturday | February 9, 2013 | Krewe of Endymion | Mid-City |
Sunday | February 10, 2013 | Krewe of Okeanos | Uptown – Jefferson |
Sunday | February 10, 2013 | Krewe of Mid-City | Uptown – Jefferson |
Sunday | February 10, 2013 | Krewe of Thoth | Uptown – Henry Clay |
Sunday | February 10, 2013 | Krewe of Bacchus | Uptown – Napoleon |
Monday | February 11, 2013 | Krewe of Proteus | Uptown – Napoleon |
Monday | February 11, 2013 | Krewe of Orpheus | Uptown – Napoleon |
Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | Krewe of Zulu | Uptown – Jackson |
Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | Rex, King of Carnival | Uptown – Claiborne |
Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | Elks Krewe of Orleanians | Uptown – Claiborne |
Tuesday | February 12, 2013 | Krewe of Crescent City | Uptown – Claiborne |
Now I’m a member of Krewe du Vieux, and it really is a blast to be in a krewe. I love Mardi Gras from the street perspective, but belonging to a Carnival Krewe, that’s a whole other level of fun. We get to march in the historic French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny. Our super satiric, ribald floats are adults only. Our floats are pulled by donkeys and each float has it’s own brass band! The Hot 8 Brass Band was in front of us in 2012 and they kicked butt and I mean they kicked butt. The entire miles long route was an excuse for these brass warriors to take our entire Krewe of Underwear to a new party parade level, which energized the crowd as they passed.