Mardi Gras

A world-famous drag queen with New Orleans roots to headline 2025 Krewe of Orpheus parade

By JUSTIN MITCHELL | Staff writer
8 hrs ago

The Krewe of Orpheus announced the royalty and headliners for its 2025 New Orleans Mardi Gras parade and concert, and it's quite a star-studded and LGBTQ+ inclusive lineup.?

Katy Perry to headline Endymion Mardi Gras post-parade party in New Orleans' Superdome

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Nov 8, 2024

Pop diva Katy Perry will headline the Krewe of Endymion’s enormous post-parade party on March 1 in the Superdome, according to a post Friday on Endymion's Facebook page.

'What We Do in the Shadows' star to lead Chewbacchus Mardi Gras parade 2025

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Oct 28, 2024

The army of social outcasts, geeks and freaks that comprise the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus will be led by a superstar of nerdiness when they take to the streets next Carnival season. A…

Krewe of BOO! Halloween parade crawls creepily through New Orleans Saturday night

BY DOUG MacCASH | Staff writer
Oct 18, 2024

New Orleans will be more than usually haunted on Oct. 19, as the ghostly, ghoulish Krewe of BOO! Halloween parade materializes in the French Quarter, on Canal Street, and in the CBD.

A Mardi Gras-style Super Bowl parade rolls Feb. 8. Throw me something mister, I’m open!

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Oct 15, 2024

The parade season starts early next year. On Feb. 8, almost two weeks before the first official Carnival parade, bands will blare, throws will fly, and floats will rumble through the streets a…

Krewe of Slidelleans select Carnival royalty for Mardi Gras 2025

Staff report
Oct 12, 2024

Recognized for their volunteer efforts in the community, Bill Borchert and Tanya Witchen will reign over the Carnival 2025 festivities for the Krewe of Slidelleans.

Nyx took out a $671,000 loan. Now its Mardi Gras headquarters is being seized for nonpayment.

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Sep 7, 2024

In May, the New Orleans?City Council voted to cut a krewe from the official Carnival parade lineup, citing technical code violations and a general lack of quality. With that, the Mystic Krewe …

The 2025 Jefferson Parish Mardi Gras parade lineup has some changes. Check them out here

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Sep 6, 2024

It's still almost six months before Carnival parades begin rumbling along Veterans Memorial Boulevard and other Jefferson Parish routes. But the suburban krewes are already lining up to roll o…

Mardi Gras 2025 parade calendar for New Orleans and the metro area

BY ARTHUR HARDY | Contributing Writer
Sep 5, 2024

Here is the calendar of 2025 Carnival parades scheduled in the New Orleans metro area as of Sept. 5.

Mardi Gras 2025 is six months away. Arthur Hardy looks at new rules and krewe news.

BY ARTHUR HARDY | Contributing writer
Sep 5, 2024

It’s Labor Day week, the kids are back in school, college football has begun and next week the Saints open their regular season. So Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s notwithsta…

Krewe of Argus crowns Carnival royalty for Mardi Gras 2025 at lavish event in Jefferson

BY VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff writer
Aug 26, 2024

Carnival festivities in the Crescent City for the 2025 season have begun, with the Krewe of Argus recently staging their coronation ball at the Moore in Jefferson.

Man arrested in theft of human ashes, mini Nola Mardi Gras float. Where are the remains?

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Aug 20, 2024

New Orleans police have made an arrest after a 23-year-old woman's ashes were stolen from her aunt's apartment lobby during a July burglary.?

Suspect in theft of human cremains is identified by New Orleans Police Department

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Aug 13, 2024

The New Orleans Police Department has identified a suspect in the theft of a package of cremated human remains from the lobby of a Bywater neighborhood apartment building on July 18. A decorat…

Midsummer Mardi Gras, a Carnival-style parade plus a steam bath, rolls in New Orleans again

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Aug 2, 2024

Get ready to sweat. The Krewe of O.A.K.’s steamy, bawdy Midsummer Mardi Gras parade hits South Carrollton Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 24, starting at 7 p.m. Begun in 1986, the annual procession i…

Operation Free Ball Gown is collecting formal wear for New Orleans military families

Staff report
Jul 31, 2024

Grant that gown a new lease on life as the Military Officers' Wives' Club of New Orleans is asking for donations of gently used fashions for Operation Free Ball Gown, an annual gathering of fr…

Here are the new 2025 Mardi Gras parade rules for krewes and parade-goers in New Orleans

By JULIA GUILBEAU | Staff writer
Jul 30, 2024

Mardi Gras in New Orleans may look a little different for 2025 Carnival season thanks to a few new rules passed by city officials?— but no worries, the party will still go on in full force.?

ALLA parade moves to Wednesday before Mardi Gras, officially replacing the Nyx parade

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jul 25, 2024

Crowds will clamor for hand-decorated genie lamps as the 22 floats of the Krewe of ALLA parade pass by on the Wednesday before Mardi Gras 2025. The parade formerly rolled on the first Friday o…

New rules for Mardi Gras in New Orleans as City Council targets the ‘Krewe of Chad'

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jul 25, 2024

The sidewalks and neutral grounds along parade routes may be less crowded and contentious during future Carnivals. That’s the goal of a list of new rules adopted by the City Council on Thursday.

Krewe of ALLA takes a step toward new time slot, and will crown first Black royalty

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jul 24, 2024

The Krewe of ALLA will crown its first Black king and queen in time for Carnival 2025, the captain of the 92-year-old krewe told members of a Council committee on Wednesday.

Will the ALLA parade replace Nyx during Mardi Gras 2025? Council committee to vote

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jul 23, 2024

A Carnival parade may get closer to a coveted new time slot and a Mardi Gras Indian parking dispute will be aired when the New Orleans City Council’s Governmental Affairs/Quality of Life commi…

Who will replace Nyx? At least two Mardi Gras krewes hope to grab open spot on the schedule.

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jul 5, 2024

At least two New Orleans area parading groups have emerged as contenders for an opening on Wednesday night before Mardi Gras, a spot left vacant when the Krewe of Nyx was cut from the schedule…

A surprise change is coming to the Rex Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jun 27, 2024

Established in 1872, the Rex parade is the oldest and among the most traditional of New Orleans’ Carnival processions. But in 2025 there will be a change, meant to eliminate a Mardi Gras time …

Mardi Gras truck parade faces danger after dark, captain says. 'We have zero protection'

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jun 26, 2024

Kim Mercadal, the captain of the Crescent City truck parade, says there’s danger brewing in the final hours of Mardi Gras.

No private toilets, no couches? New Mardi Gras rules expected, but no word on Nyx parade

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jun 25, 2024

Paper confetti cannons should be banned, parade horses should be immunized and private portable toilets should be kept off public property. Those were a few of the recommendations that the New…

Nyx captain speaks to TV station after losing New Orleans parade permit. What'd she say?

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Jun 3, 2024

Julie Lea, the controversial captain of the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, didn’t appear at the New Orleans City Council meeting on May 16, when the parading organization she’d founded in 2011 was cut f…

Could a new krewe take Nyx's spot for 2025 New Orleans Mardi Gras? Here's what could happen.

By JULIA GUILBEAU | Staff writer
May 17, 2024

Nyx has been nixed from the 2025 float parade lineup after New Orleans City Council members voted to pull the krewe's permit, deciding the group violated official Mardi Gras rules.?

The Nyx Mardi Gras parade has been eliminated by the New Orleans City Council

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
May 16, 2024

The controversial Mystic Krewe of Nyx was booted off the Mardi Gras parade schedule on Thursday when the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to strike it from the city's list of officia…

Endymion parade returns to traditional route in 2025, after 5 years

BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
May 15, 2024

The Endymion parade announced Wednesday that it will return to its traditional route during Carnival 2025 for the first time in five years.