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2015 Orleans Parish Mardi Gras Parade Schedule!!
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We are roughly four months before Fat Tuesday. As we approach Halloween, the Mardi Gras drumbeats are getting louder. I’ve already heard a bunch from my own Carnival krewe, the Krewe du Vieux. We roll throughout the Marigny and French Quarter on January 31, 2015. I LOVE Mardi Gras and always have. Getting older hasn’t dulled my appetite for all things Carnival!
I used to see parades in all the surrounding parishes. I don’t anymore. I guess I don’t feel the need to dash around from parade locale to parade locale anymore. Seeing parades in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes in a single night was no biggie. Seeing the same parade in different spots
Rex Jester Float
| Day | Date | Krewe | Route |
| Sunday | January 6, 2015 | Phunny Phorty Phellows | Uptown Streetcar Route |
| Sunday | January 6, 2015 | Krewe of Jeanne d’Arc | French Quarter |
| Saturday | January 31, 2015 | Krewe du Vieux | Marigny/French Quarter |
| Friday | February 6, 2015 | Krewe of Oshun | Uptown |
| Friday | February 6, 2015 | Krewe of Cleopatra | Uptown |
| Saturday | February 7, 2015 | Krewe of Pontchartrain | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 7, 2015 | Krewe of Choctaw | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 7, 2015 | Krewe of Freret | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 7, 2015 | Knights of Sparta | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 7, 2015 | Krewe of Pygmalion | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Sunday | February 8, 2015 | Krewe of Carrollton | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Sunday | February 8, 2015 | Krewe of King Arthur | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Sunday | February 8, 2015 | Krewe of Alla | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Sunday | February 8, 2015 | Mystic Krewe of Barkus | French Quarter |
| Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | Krewe of Ancient Druids | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Wednesday | February 11, 2015 | Mystic Krewe of Nyx | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Thursday | February 12, 2015 | Knights of Babylon | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Thursday | February 12, 2015 | Knights of Chaos | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Thursday | February 12, 2015 | Krewe of Muses | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Friday | February 13, 2015 | Krewe of Hermes | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Friday | February 13, 2015 | Le Krewe d’Etat | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Friday | February 13, 2015 | Krewe of Morpheus | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Saturday | February 14, 2015 | Krewe of Iris | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 14, 2015 | Krewe of Tucks | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Saturday | February 14, 2015 | Krewe of Endymion | Mid-City |
| Sunday | February 15, 2015 | Krewe of Okeanos | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Sunday | February 15, 2015 | Krewe of Mid-City | Uptown – Jefferson |
| Sunday | February 15, 2015 | Krewe of Thoth | Uptown – Henry Clay |
| Sunday | February 15, 2015 | Krewe of Bacchus | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Monday | February 16, 2015 | Krewe of Proteus | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Monday | February 16, 2015 | Krewe of Orpheus | Uptown – Napoleon |
| Tuesday | February 17, 2015 | Krewe of Zulu | Uptown – Jackson |
| Tuesday | February 17, 2015 | Rex, King of Carnival | Uptown – Claiborne |
| Tuesday | February 17, 2015 | Elks Krewe of Orleanians | Uptown – Claiborne |
| Tuesday | February 17, 2015 | Krewe of Crescent City | Uptown – Claiborne |
Baby Kong, Krewe of Bacchus
Baccasaurus float from Bacchus parade at Mardi Gras World
2014 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule!!
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CARNIVAL 2014 Parades
Feb. 15. Krewe of Bilge. Slidell.
Feb. 15. Krewe of Mona Lisa and MoonPie. Slidell.
Feb. 15. Krewe du Vieux. French Quarter/Marigny, New Orleans.
Feb. 15. Krewe Delusion. French Quarter, New Orleans.
Feb. 16. Krewe of Perseus. Slidell.
Feb. 16. Krewe of Little Rascals. Metairie.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Cork. French Quarter, New Orleans.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Oshun. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Cleopatra. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Excalibur. Metairie.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Eve. Mandeville.
Feb. 21. Krewe of Atlas. Metairie.
Feb. 22. The Mystic Knights of Adonis. West Bank.
Feb. 22. Knights of Nemesis. Chalmette.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Pontchartrain. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Pontchartrain. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Choctaw. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Freret. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Knights of Sparta. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Caesar. Metairie.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Olympia. Covington.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Titans. Slidell.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Pygmalion. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 22. Krewe of Chewbacchus. Marigny, New Orleans.
Feb. 23. Krewe of Dionysus. Slidell
Feb. 23. Krewe of Carrollton. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 23. Krewe of King Arthur and Merlin. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 23. Krewe of Alla. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 23. Krewe of Tchefuncte. Madisonville.
Feb. 23. Krewe of Barkus. French Quarter, New Orleans.
Feb. 26. Krewe of Ancient Druids. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 26. Krewe of Nyx. Uptown, New Orleans
Feb. 27. Knights of Babylon. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 27. Krewe of Muses. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 27. Knights of Chaos. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 28. Krewe of Hermes. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 28. Krewe d’Etat. Uptown, New Orleans.
Feb. 28. Krewe of Selene. Slidell.
Feb. 28. Krewe of Centurions. Metairie.
Feb. 28. Krewe of Lyra. Covington.
Feb. 28. Krewe of Morpheus. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 1. Krewe of NOMTOC. West Bank, New Orleans.
March 1. Krewe of Iris. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 1. Krewe of Tucks. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 1. Krewe of Endymion. Mid-City, New Orleans.
March 1. Krewe of Isis. Metairie.
March 2. Krewe of Okeanos. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 2. Krewe of Mid-City. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 2. Krewe of Thoth. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 2. Krewe of Bacchus. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 2. Krewe of Napoleon. Metairie.
March 3. Krewe of Proteus. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 3. Krewe of Orpheus. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 3. Krewe of Hera. Metairie.
March 3. Krewe of Zeus. Metairie.
2012 Proteus Signature Fish Float
March 4. Krewe of Zulu. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe of Rex. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe of Argus. Metairie.
March 4. Krewe of Elks Orleans. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe of Crescent City. Uptown, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe of Elks Jefferson. Metairie.
March 4. Krewe of Jefferson. Metairie.
March 4. Societe de Ste. Anne. French Quarter, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe de Lune. French Quarter, New Orleans.
March 4. Krewe of Kosmic Debris. French Quarter, New Orleans.
March 4. Mondo Cayo. French Quarter, New Orleans.
New Freret Parade has Stalled Out for 2013!!
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The blame game is out in full on this parade cancellation. The krewe of Freret blames none other than NOPD, our police force, now under a federal consent decree!
Krewe of Freret Logo
The krewe says they have the support of the other krewes and have arranged for the necessary floats. The Captain says the New Orleans Police Department never responded officially to the krewe’s application.
An adviser to our fine mayor, Mitch Landrieu,said the application ”fell through the cracks.” Apparently the police thought the application was for 2014, even though their enclosed check was for 2013.
1975 Silver Freret Medals
The original Krewe of Freret started in 1953. I remember watching them on Freret St in the 1970s and 80s. In 1995, the krewe was in financial difficulties and stopped parading.
http://www.nola.gov/government/nopd/
The new krewe says they will hold their ball and coronation. I’m pleased they are staying active with the plan to return to a parading krewe in 2014. The krewe’s web site says- WELCOME TO THE KREWE OF FRERET – WE CANNOT BE STOPPED!
In late 2011, seven young Loyola graduates lamented the notion of squandering hard earned money to join a formal Krewe where they knew virtually no one and would have limited input. So rather than joining an existing Krewe, they sought to enhance Mardi Gras by creating a world class parade.
Those simple three words that utter so softly off of your lips, “Krewe of Freret”, drive Tulane and Loyola alumni to come together for the greater good of Carnival. Whereas the word ‘Freret’ was previously a division line between two campuses, the Krewe of Freret aims to unify these enthusiastic young professionals and infuse new vigor into Mardi Gras while simultaneously fanning the revitalization of the Freret corridor and her traditions.
The Krewe has received incredible support from the community, with many Freret Street business owners counted as Krewe of Freret members.