Mardi Gras 2008 Parade Schedule

Twenty-eight parades are expected to roll in 2008 to celebrate the 152nd anniversary of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, with even more filling the streets of several of the city’s suburbs.  The New Orleans parading fun starts on Saturday, Jan. 19 , as Krewe du Vieux winds its way through the French Quarter, and culminates with the traditional line-up of Zulu, Rex, Elks and Crescent City on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 5.  Between Jan. 25 and Feb 5, more than two dozen krewes will ride the traditional parade route through the heart of the city, from Napoleon Avenue to St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street. So grab your ladders, fill your coolers and find that perfect corner to catch all the beads, doubloons and carnival spirit!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 • Phunny Phorty Phellows - Streetcar Route, 7:00 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 • Krewe du Vieux - French Quarter, 7:00 p.m. SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 • Little Rascals - Metairie, noon • Perseus - Slidell, 1:00 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 • Oshun - Uptown, 6:00 p.m. • Atlas - Metairie, 6:30 p.m. • Cleopatra - West Bank, 6:30 p.m. • Eve - Mandeville, 7:00 p.m. • Excalibur - Metairie, 7:00 p.m. • Gladiators - St. Bernard, 7:00 p.m. • Pygmalion - Uptown, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 • Pontchartrain-Uptown 1:00 p.m. • Shangri-La - Uptown, 2:00 p.m. • Olympia - Covington, 6:00 p.m. • Caesar - Metairie, 6:00 p.m. • Sparta - Uptown, 6:00 p.m. • Pegasus - Uptown, 6:45 p.m. • Mona Lisa and Moon Pie - Slidell, 7:00 p.m. SUNDAY, JANAURY 27 • Alla - West Bank, noon • Carrollton - Uptown, noon • Dionysus - Slidell, 1:00 p.m. • King Arthur - Uptown, 1:15 p.m. • Barkus - French Quarter, 2:00 p.m. • Nemesis - Chalmette 2:00 p.m. • Rhea - Metairie, 2:30 p.m. • Mercury - Metairie, 4:00 p.m. • Centurions - Metairie, 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 • Ancient Druids - Uptown, 6:00 p.m. • Thor - Metairie, 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 • Babylon - Uptown, 5:45 p.m. • Chaos - Uptown, 6:30 p.m. • Muses - Uptown, 6:45 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 • Hermes - Uptown, 6:00 p.m. • d'Etat - Uptown, 6:30 p.m. • Selene - Slidell, 6:30 p.m. • Aquila - Metairie, 7:00 p.m. • Orpheus - Mandeville, 7:00 p.m. • Jason - Metairie, 7:30 p.m. • Morpheus - Uptown, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2                        • Iris - Uptown, 11:00 a.m. • NOMTOC - West Bank, 10:45 a.m. • Tucks - Uptown, 12:30 p.m. • Endymion - MidCity, 4:30 p.m. • Isis - Metairie, 6:00 p.m. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 • Tchefuncte - Madisonville, 10:00 a.m. • Okeanos - Uptown, 11:00 a.m. • Thoth - Uptown, 11:30 a.m. • Mid-City - Uptown, 2:00 p.m. • Bacchus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m. • Napoleon - Metairie, 5:30 p.m. LUNDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 4 • Proteus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m. • Orpheus - Uptown, 5:45 p.m. • Zeus - Metairie, 6:30 p.m. MARDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 5 • Zulu - Uptown, 8:00 a.m. • Rex - Uptown, 10:00 a.m. • Elks Orleans - Uptown, follows Rex, 11:30 a.m. • Crescent City - Uptown, follows Elks • Argus - Metairie, 10:00 a.m. • Jefferson Trucks - Metairie, follows Argus • Elks Jefferson - Metairie, follows Jefferson • Lions - Covington, 10:00 a.m. • Covington - Covington, follows Lions • Grela - West Bank, 11:00 a.m. • Choctaw - West Bank, noon