Mardi
Gras 2007 Parade Calendar
Greater New Orleans
And Sourrounding Area
Preliminary
schedule for Mardi
Gras 2007, Parade
times and routes are
subject to change.
FRIDAY,
JANUARY 6
•
Phunny Phorty Phellows
- Streetcar route,
7:00 p.m.*
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 8
• Krewe of Claude
- Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 15
• Slidellians
- Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
•
Krewe of Antony and
Cleopatra - Slidell,
1:00 p.m.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 21
• Bilge - Slidell,
noon
•
Krewe of Driftwood
- Kenner, 1:00 p.m.
•
Krewe du Vieux - French
Quarter, 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 22
• Little Rascals
- Metairie, noon*
•
Perseus - Slidell,
1:00 p.m.
•
Pearl River Lions
Club Parade - Pearl
River, 1:15 p.m.
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 9
• Cleopatra
- West Bank, 6:30
p.m.
•
Oshun - Uptown, 6:00
p.m.
•
Pygmalion - Uptown,
7:30 p.m.*
•
Atlas - Metairie,
7:00 p.m.
•
Eve - Mandeville,
7:00 p.m.
•
Gladiators - St. Bernard,
7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 10
• Krewe of Push
Mow - Abita Springs,
11:00 a.m.
•
Aladdin - Westbank,
noon
•
Pontchartrain - Uptown,
noon
•
Shangri-La - Uptown,
1:00 p.m.
•
Caesar - Metairie,
6:00 p.m.
•
Olympia - Covington,
6:00 p.m.
•
Sparta - Uptown, 6:00
p.m.
•
Arabi - St. Bernard,
6:30 p.m.
•
Pegasus - Uptown,
6:45 p.m.*
•
Mona Lisa and Moon
Pie Parade - Slidell,
7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 11
• Alla - West
Bank, noon
•
Carrollton - Uptown,
noon
•
Dionysus - Slidell,
1:00 p.m.
•
King Arthur &
Merlin - Uptown, 1:15
p.m.
•
Barkus - French Quarter,
2:00 p.m.
•
Bards of Bohemia -
Uptown, 2:30 p.m.*
•
Rhea - Metairie, 2:30
p.m.
•
Mercury - Metairie,
4:00 p.m.
•
Centurions - Metairie,
5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 13
• Ancient Druids
- Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
•
Krewe of Morpheus
- Uptown, 6:45 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14
• Saturn - Uptown,
6:00 p.m.
•
Muses - Uptown, 6:45
p.m.
•
Thor - Metairie, 7:00
p.m.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 15
• Babylon -
Uptown, 5:45 p.m.*
•
Chaos - Uptown, 6:30
p.m.
•
Excalibur - Metairie,
7 p.m.
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 16
• Hermes - Uptown,
6:00 p.m.*
•
Krewe d'Etat - Uptown,
6:30 p.m.
•
Selene - Slidell,
6:30 p.m.
•
Aquila - Metairie,
6:30 p.m.
•
Knights of Jason -
Metairie, 7:00 p.m.
•
Aphrodite - Chalmette,
7:00 p.m.
•
Orpheus - Mandeville,
7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY17
• Bush - Bush,
9:00 a.m.
•
NOMTOC - West Bank,
11:30 a.m.
•
Iris - Uptown, 11:00
a.m.
•
Krewe of Salt Bayou
- Slidell, noon
•
Vulcan - River Ridge,
noon
•
Tucks - Uptown, 12:30
p.m.
•
Endymion - Mid-City,
4:30 p.m.*
•
Isis - Metairie, 6:00
p.m.
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 18
• Tchefuncte
- Madisonville, 10:00
a.m.
•
Okeanos - Uptown,
11:00 a.m.
•
Thoth - Uptown, 11:30
a.m.*
•
Adonis - West Bank,
noon
•
Grand Isle Independent
Mardi Gras Parade
- Grand Isle, 1:00
p.m.
•
Mid-City - Uptown,
2:00 p.m.*
•
Bacchus - Uptown,
5:15 p.m.*
•
Corps de Napoleon
- Metairie, 6:45 p.m.
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 19
• Proteus -
Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
•
Orpheus - Uptown,
5:45 p.m.
•
Zeus - Metairie, 6:30
p.m.
MARDI
GRAS, FEBRUARY 20
• Zulu - Uptown,
8:30 a.m.*
•
Rex - Uptown, 10:00
a.m.*
•
Argus - Metairie,
10:00 a.m.
•
Mystic Krewe of Covington
- Covington, 10:00
a.m.
•
Lions - Covington,
10:00 a.m.
•
Elks - Jeff. - Metairie,
11:00 a.m.
•
Grela - West Bank,
11:00 a.m.
•
Jefferson - Metairie,
11:00 a.m.
•
Elks- Orl. - Uptown,
11:30 a.m.
•
Crescent City - Uptown,
after Elks
•
Krewe of Choctaw -
Grenta, noon
•
Skunks - Lacombe,
1:00 p.m.
•
Chahta-Ima - Lacombe,
1:30 p.m.
* indicates best or
most popular New Orleans
Mardi Gras Parade
"must- see, New
Orleans Mardi Gras
Parades must - experience
these parades"!
Early
2007 Mardi Gras New
Orleans Hotel reservations
are advised*
Mardi
Gras means "Fat
Tuesday" in French
and was given the
name because of the
feasting (and partying)
that would occur on
this last night before
the beginning of Lent,
the Christian period
of self-denial and
abstinence that ends
with Easter. Fat Tuesday
can occur on any Tuesday
from Feb. 3 through
March 9, but is always
47 days before Easter.
Today, Mardi Gras
is characterized by
its parades. There
are more than 70 parades
held in the four parishes
of Orleans, Jefferson,
St. Bernard and St.
Tammany. The parades
begin in January but
the full-blown celebration
that is Mardi Gras
is truly under way
in the days right
before and on Fat
Tuesday. Ground zero
for Mardi Gras is
the French Quarter,
where streets are
packed with people
in search of beads
thrown by patrons
from the balconies.
While the festivities
have a reputation
for being awash in
debauchery, many families
find the kid-friendly
side of Mardi Gras
by seeking out less-crowded
and tamer areas.
