Mardi Gras 2024 through the lens: See photos from New Orleans parades, parties
The last weekend of Carnival is here. Fat Tuesday is fast approaching.
Want to relive the revelry? You can replay any of our livestreams from this year's NOLA.com Parade Cam here.
- BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Check out vibe in the Bywater and Marigny on Mardi Gras in New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
2024 Rex and Queen are John Eastman and Ellie Montgomery
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
As tradition, Baby Dolls and Black Masking Indian tribes showed off their suites and paraded on the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day.
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
2024 Zulu king and queen, Melvin Labat and Angélique Roché, led the for the over 40 floats on Mardi Gras.
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Original Northside Skull and Bone Gang gathered on the historic Bayou Rd. to pay homage to those who have died and remind revelers death i…
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
Founded in 1882, the Krewe of Proteus is the second-oldest krewe in Carnival history. Their floats still use the original chassis from the 1880s.
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
A brass band played “Down by the Riverside” and soap bubbles floated in the clear afternoon sky as the Queer Beans, a new parading group, marc…
- BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The Krewe of Thoth rolls on their traditional Uptown route Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe of Mid-City paraded on the Uptown route with 14 floats to the theme, "Cheers to Ninety Years."
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe of Okeanos celebrated their 75th year as they rolled with 22 floats on the Uptown parade route. The krewe founded in 1949, first paraded…
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe of Tucks paraded behind Krewe of Iris on the Uptown route with 37 floats to the theme, "Tucks Faces the Music."
- BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
- BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The Krewe of NOMTOC celebrates their 53rd year of parading in Algiers Saturday February 10, 2024.
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Crowds walked Bourbon street on the Friday night after the parades.
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Small marching krewes marched through the French Quarter the Friday before Fat Tuesday.
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This Monday, Feb. 13 broadcast of the NOLA.com Parade Cam sponsored by NewOrleans.com will begin at 8 a.m.
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This Sunday, Feb. 11 broadcast of the NOLA.com Parade Cam sponsored by NewOrleans.com will begin at 5:15 p.m.
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
WDSU Chief Meteorologist Margaret Orr served as the Honorary Muse for the 2024 Krewe of Muses parade on Thursday(Feb. 8).
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Knights of Chaos followed behind the Knights of Babylon on the Uptown route to the theme, "Chaos Has Balls." The all-male krewe was founde…
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Knight of Babylon, founded in 1939, paraded on the Uptown route to the theme, "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám."
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Mystic Krewe of Nyx paraded on the Uptown route to the theme, "Nyx Plays Games." Their signature throw is a decorated purse.
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Mystic Krewe of Druids, led by the Archdruid, paraded up on the Uptown route with 20 floats to the theme, "Druids Blows."
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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This Saturday, Feb. 10 broadcast of the NOLA.com Parade Cam sponsored by NewOrleans.com will begin at 11 a.m.
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Krewe of Barkus trotted through the French Quarter to the theme, "Pawsitively Pink!"
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Spartan Society paraded on the Uptown route to the theme, "Inspirers of Imagination," without marching krewes or bands due to weather concerns.
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Krewe of Freret, founded in 2011 by 7 Loyola University graduates, paraded on the uptown parade route behind Krewe of Choctaw to the theme…
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Krewe of Choctaw paraded on the Uptown route with the theme, "Choctaw Visits Versailles."
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Legion of Mars Mardi Gras Krewe paraded behind Krewe of Pontchartrain early on the Uptown route to the theme, "Commemorating the 80th Anni…
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
The Krewe of Pontchartrain paraded on the Uptown route with 350 riders, 20 floats and 10 bands. The parade started early in the morning due to…
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- BY DAVID GRUNFELD | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
When the Krewe of Carrollton first rolled in New Orleans 100 years ago, the parade wound through its namesake neighborhood, on Oak Street and …
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe du Vieux parade through downtown New Orleans with 17 sub-krewes to the theme, "Artificial Ignorance."
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe Bohème danced through the Marigny and French Quarter neighborhoods for their 5th year with marching krewes to the theme, "Absinthe-minded."
- BY SCOTT THRELKELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
- By SOPHIA GERMER | Staff photographer
Krewe Mosaïque marched through the French Quarter for the first time. The parade was made of about 10 marching krewes. They started at Armstro…
- By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer
The Krewe of Jeanne d'Arc celebrates all things French and Mardi Gras while parading in the French Quarter, of course, on Saturday night (Jan. 6).
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