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2008 Mardi Gras Schedule

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


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