FrenchQuarter.com: Mardi Gras 2006

New Orleans Adjusts for Mardi Gras 2006

Despite Katrina, Rita, Biblical Floodwaters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, New Orleans plans mirth and revelry for the 150th celebration of Mardi Gras in the city.

New Orleans city officials, krewe captains and community leaders have agreed on an eight-day Mardi Gras celebration in 2006. The fluid plan calls for parading the weekend of Saturday and Sunday February 18 and 19, and then a six-day run beginning Thursday February 23 through Mardi Gras weekend culminating on Fat Tuesday, February 28, 2006. All parades will follow the traditional Uptown route which begins at Napoleon Avenue, winds down St. Charles, through the Warehouse District and downtown area to Canal Street. Some krewes will double up so that all get a chance to parade at a reasonable hour.

Parading krewes are expected to follow this schedule:

Saturday Feb. 18 - Noon - Pontchartrain, Pygmalion, Sparta, Pegasus
Sunday Feb. 19 - Noon -Carrollton, King Arthur, Bards
Thursday Feb. 23 - 5:30 - Babylon, Chaos, Muses
Friday Feb. 24 - 5:45 - Hermes, Krewe D'etat, Morpheus
Saturday Feb. 25 - 11:00 - Iris, Tucks; 3:30 - Endymion
Sunday Feb. 26 - 11:30 - Okeanos, Thoth: 1:30 Mid-City;5:15 Bacchus
Monday Feb. 27 - 5:15 - Proteus, Orpheus
Tuesday Feb. 28 - 8:00 - Zulu; 10 - Rex. Elks Truck Parade, Crescent City Truck Parade

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