2006
New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
2006
Mardi Gras 2006 Parade
Calendar
Greater New Orleans Area
Preliminary schedule
for 2006, times and routes subject to
change.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
6
•
Phunny Phorty Phellows - Streetcar route,
7:00 p.m.*
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9
• Krewe of Claude - Slidell, 1:00
p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16
• Slidellians - Slidell, 1:00
p.m.
• Krewe of Antony
and Cleopatra - Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY
22
• Bilge - Slidell, noon
• Krewe of Driftwood
- Kenner, 1:00 p.m.
• Krewe du Vieux
- French Quarter, 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23
• Little Rascals - Metairie, noon*
• Perseus -
Slidell, 1:00 p.m.
• Pearl River
Lions Club Parade - Pearl River, 1:15
p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
• 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
18
• 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 19
• 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
21
• Ancient Druids - Uptown, 6:30
p.m.
• Krewe of Morpheus
- Uptown, 6:45 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
• Saturn - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Muses - Uptown,
6:45 p.m.
• Thor - Metairie,
7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
23
• Babylon - Uptown, 5:45 p.m.*
• Chaos - Uptown,
6:30 p.m.
• Excalibur
- Metairie, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
• 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, FEBRUARY
25
• 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 26
• 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 27
• Proteus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
• Orpheus -
Uptown, 5:45 p.m.
• Zeus - Metairie,
6:30 p.m.
MARDI GRAS, FEBRUARY
28
• 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, Mardi Gras Parades must - experience
parades"!
Early
2006 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.
