Parade Schedule for Mardi Gras 2018

Mardi Gras is just around the corner and parades have already begun. It’s one of the most popular times for visitors to flood into New Orleans and for locals to be out and about enjoying the city.

So many great parades are on the schedule for this year. Some will feature celebrities, while others will feature royalty and there will be no shortage of maskers, marching bands, flambeaux carriers and others throughout the parades.

Beads will be tossed; doubloons will be given outs and plenty of trinkets will take over the city. It’s known as “the greatest show on Earth” and it all officially starts on January 6th with the Phunny Phorty Phellows Streetcar Ride in Uptown at 7pm.

The Mardi Gras Parades for 2018

This year, the parades will run from January 5th to February 13th with plenty official 2018 parades on the schedule. Here are the parades you can enjoy during Mardi Gras for 2018.

January 6th

•          Phunny Phorty Phellows – Uptown at 7pm
•          Joan of Arc – French Quarter at 7pm
•          Societe Du Champs Elysee – French Quarter at 7:30pm

January 27th

•          Bilge – Slidell at 12pm
•          Poseidon – Slidell at 1pm
•          Mona Lisa & Moon Pie – Slidell at 7pm
•          Krewe du Vieux – French Quarter at 6:30pm
•          Krewe Delusion – French Quarter following Krewe du Vieux

January 28th

•          Little Rascals – Metairie at 12pm
•          Slidellians – Slidell at 1pm
•          Perseus – Slidell at 2pm

February 2nd

•          Krewe of Cork – French Quarter at 3pm
•          Oshun – Uptown at 6pm
•          Cleopatra – Uptown at 6:30pm
•          Eve – Mandeville at 7pm
•          Excalibur – Metairie at 7pm

February 3rd

•          Krewe of Paws – Slidell at 10am
•          Adonis – Westbank at 11:45pm
•          Tchefuncte – Madisonville at 1pm
•          Nemisis – St. Bernard at 1pm
•          Pontchartrain – Uptown at 1pm
•          Choctaw – Uptown at 2pm
•          Freret – Uptown at 3pm
•          Sparta – Uptown at 6pm
•          Caesar – Metairie at 6pm
•          ‘tit Rex – Marigny at 5pm
•          Olympia – Covington at 6pm
•          Caesar – Metairie at 6pm
•          Chewbacchus – Marigny at 7pm
•          Titans – Slidell at 6:30pm

February 4th

•          Femme Fatale – Uptown 11am
•          Carrollton – Uptown at 12pm
•          King of Arthur and Merlin – Uptown following Carrollton
•          Alla – Uptown following King of Arthur and Merlin
•          Calude – Slidell at 1pm
•          Dionysus – Slidell at 2pm
•          Barkus – French Quarter at 2pm

February 7th

•          Druids – Uptown at 6:30pm
•          Nyx – Uptown at 7pm
•          February 8th
•          Knights of Babylon – Uptown at 5:30pm
•          Chaos – Uptown at 6:15pm
•          Muses – Uptown at 6:30pm

February 9th

•          Krewe of Bosom Buddies – French Quarter at 11:30am
•          Hermes – Uptown at 6pm
•          Le Krewe D’etat – Uptown at 6:30pm
•          Selene – Slidell at 6:30pm
•          Orpheus – Mandeville at 7pm
•          Morpheus – Uptown at 7pm
•          Centurions – Metairie at 7pm

February 10th

•          NOMTOC – Westbank at 10:45am
•          Iris – Uptown at 11am
•          Tucks – Uptown at 12pm
•          Endymion – Mid-City at 4:15pm
•          Isis – Metairie at 6:30pm

February 11th

•          Okeanos – Uptown at 11am
•          Mid-City – Uptown at 11:45am
•          Thoth – Uptown at 12pm
•          Napoleon – Metairie at 5pm
•          Bacchus – Uptown at 5:15pm
•          Athena – Metairie at 5:30pm

February 12th

•          Proteus – Uptown at 5:15pm
•          Orpheus – Uptown at 6pm

February 13th

•          Zulu – Uptown at 8am
•          Rex – Uptown at 10am
•          Elks Orleanians – Uptown following Rex
•          Crescent City – Uptown following the Elks Orleanians
•          Argus – Metairie at 10am
•          Krewe of Elks Jefferson – Metairie following Argus
•          Krewe of Jefferson – Metairie following the Krewe of Elks Jefferson
•          Lyra – Covington at 10am

Make sure you pack plenty of layered clothing as it can be warm during the day and get colder for the night parades. You can also wear a costume, especially on Mardi Gras day for complete dates, times and parade routes, visit the Mardi Gras Parade schedule website here.