Baton Rouge Parades
Saturday, February 9
-Spanish Town Parade, 12 p.m. downtown
–The Spanish Town parade rolls on for its 33rd year.
Tuesday, February 12
-Beauregard Town Walking Parade, 12 p.m.
–Mardi Gras day festivities include this non-traditional parade with people peddling bicycle floats and running as pedestrians power the parade.
New Orleans Parades
Thursday, February 7th
-Krewe of Muses, 6:30
–The Muses celebration is an all-female parade that originated in 2000. Extra points if you’re one of the lucky recipients of a Muses’ shoe.
Friday, February 8th
-Krewe of Morpheus, 7 p.m.
–Morpheus was established in 2000 and is made up of over 500 male and female riders. This year an extra “Sleep Walkers” section is being added to the parade.
Saturday, February 9th
-Krewe of Endymion, 4 p.m.
–Endymion is one of the most well-known parades of New Orleans Mardi Gras. The Krewe of Endymion is showing the “World’s Largest Mardi Gras Float” this year at 330 feet long, and Kelly Clarkson will serve as the celebrity grand marshall.
-Krewe of Isis, 6:30 p.m.
–The Krewe of Isis was formed in 1973 and is another all-female parade with an Egyptian theme.
Sunday, February 10th
-Krewe of Bacchus, 5:30 p.m.
–Undoubtedly the most popular parade of Sunday night is the Krewe of Bacchus. Bacchus has established itself as the flagship parade of Mardi Gras, and the king of Bacchus this year is film and TV actor G.W. Bailey. The parade consists of over 25 floats and has a black tie event following the end of the parade in the Convention Center.
Monday, February 11th
-Krewe of Orpheus, 6 p.m.
-Fun fact about this Krewe — one of their founding members was Harry Connick Jr. Orpheus is known to throw a variety of items from their floats. –They were the first “super crew” to have both male and female riders. This is another parade that has had a variety of celebrity guests.
Tuesday, February 12th
-Take your pick. Zulu, Krewe of Rex, Crescent City, Argus, Jefferson, Lyra and Grela all run on Fat Tuesday. All of these parades have early starts so if you don’t want to miss the show you’ll need to wake up early as they all start between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
