1997 Carnival Parade Schedules

The Boeuf Gras, one of the traditional floats seen annually in Rex.

Date

New Orleans

Metairie

West Bank

St. Bernard

Sun 1/26   Lil' Rascals (Children), 10:00am    
Fri 1/31 Ashanti/Vesta, 6:45pm
Oshun, 7:30pm
Atlas, 7:00pm Cleopatra, 6:30pm Gladiators, 7:00pm
Sat 2/1 Pontchartrain, 1:00pm
Sparta, 6:00pm
**Caesar, 6:00pm** Choctaw, 1:00pm Shangri-La, 6:30pm
Sun 2/2 **Carrollton, noon**
Camelot, 1:00pm
Rhea, 1:30pm
Centurians, 5:30pm
Alla, noon Juno, 6:30pm
Mon 2/3   Neptune, 7:00pm    
Tue 2/4 Pegasus, 6:30pm Sinbad, 7:00pm    
Wed 2/5 **Saturn, 6:30pm** Thor, 7:00pm    
Thu 2/6 **Babylon, 6:30pm** Aquila, 7:00pm    
Fri 2/7 **Hermes, 6:30pm** Diana, 7:00pm   Aphrodite, 7:00pm
Sat 2/8 Iris, noon
Tucks, 1:00pm
**Endymion, 4:45pm**
Isis, 6:00pm NOMTOC, 11:30am
Ulysses, 12:30pm
King Arthur, 1:30pm
 
Sun 2/9 Thoth, 11:00am
Okeanos, 11:00am
**Mid-City, 1:30pm**
**Bacchus, 6:00pm**
Mercury, 1:30pm
Napoleon, 5:30pm
   
Mon 2/10 Bards of Bohemia, 5:30pm
**Orpheus, 6:00pm**
Zeus, 6:30pm    
Tue 2/11 Zulu, 8:30am
**Rex, 10:00am**
Elks, follows Rex
Crescent City, follows Elks
Argus, 11:00am
Jefferson, follows Argus
Elks Jefferson, follows Jefferson
Grela, 11:00am
Elks Gretna, follows Grela
 

Parades enclosed in ** are Ed's Top Parade Picks.

Parade times subject to change without notice. On rainy or overcast days, parades may go as much as half an hour earlier than their scheduled start time, if the captain and the police agree that they have a chance to beat the bad weather.

Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide

Once again, Arthur's Guide is the best parade guide available. Lots of photos, colorful maps, and interesting insights from one of the city's Carnival authorities. If you're coming to town, check any convenience store, K&B or Walgreen's, etc., and pick up your own copy. If you'd like a copy before you get to town, or if you'd like to just dream about coming to Carnival, send me some money to cover the cost and I'll mail you one. Here's the details:

Send $4.00 (check or cash) and a Priority Mail postage stamp ($2.90) to:

Edward J. Branley
3508 N. Woodlawn Avenue
Metairie, LA 70006

I'll mail you out a Guide the day I get your check and stamp. Questions? E-mail me at edward@seashell.com.