Your Guide to Mardi Gras Parades in New Orleans

Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras is celebrated across southern Louisiana by going to parades, elaborate costume balls and eating lots of delicacies. The official celebration begins on the "Twelfth Night" after Christmas with festive Mardi Gras balls. Parades begin to follow shortly after with highly decorated floats, people in costumes throwing beads and other gadgets. It's a wild and crazy time that you will never forget.

Here is a guide to help you find parades if you will be celebrating Mardi Gras in the New Orleans area.

New Orleans Area:

Saturday, February 3, 2007 -
Krewe du Vieux, French Quarter, 7:00 pm

Sunday, February 4, 2007 -
Lil Rascals, Metairie, 11:00 am

Friday, February 9, 2007 -
Oshun, Uptown, 6:00 pm

Cleopatra, Westbank, 6:30 pm

Excalibur, Metairie, 7:00 pm

Gladiators, St. Bernard, 7:00 pm

Pygmalion, Uptown, 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 10, 2007 -
Pontchartrain, Uptown, 1:00 pm

Shangri-La, Uptown, 2:00 pm

Sparta, Uptown, 6:00 pm

Pegasus, Uptown, 6:45 pm

Caesar, Metairie , 6:00 pm

Sunday, February 11, 2007
Alla, Westbank, 12:00 noon

Carrollton, Uptown, 12:00 noon

King Arthur & Merlin, Uptown, 1:15 pm

Barkus, French Quarter, 2:00 pm

Nemesis, Chalmette, 2:00 pm

Rhea, Metairie, 3:45 pm

Centurions, Metairie, 4:15 pm

Wed., February 14, 2007
Ancient Druids, Uptown, 6:00 pm

Thor, Metairie, 7:00 pm

Thurs., February 15, 2007
Babylon, Uptown, 5:45 pm

Chaos, Uptown, 6:30 pm

Muses, Uptown, 7:30 pm

Friday, February 16, 2007
Hermes, Uptown, 6:00 pm

Krewe d'Etat, Uptown, 6:30 pm

Aquila, Metairie, 7:00 pm

Knights of Jason, Metairie, 7:30 pm

Morpheus, Uptown, 7:45 pm

Saturday, February 17, 2007
NOMTOC, Westbank, 10:45 am

Isis, Uptown, 11:00 am

Tucks, Uptown, 12:30 pm

Endymion, Uptown, 4:30 pm

Isis, Metairie, 6:00 pm

Sunday, February 18, 2007
Okeanos, Uptown, 11:00 am

Thoth, Uptown, 11:30 am

Adonis, Westbank, 1:00 pm

Mid City, Uptown, 2:00 pm

Bacchus, Uptown, 5:15 pm

Napoleon, Metairie, 5:30 pm

Monday, February 19, 2007
Proteus, Uptown, 5:15 pm

Orpheus, Uptown, 5:45 pm

Zeus, Metairie, 6:30 pm

FAT Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007
Zulu, Uptown, 8:00 am

Rex, Uptown, 10:00 am

Elks Orleans, Uptown, 11:30 am