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It’s Crawfish Season!

It’s that time again in Louisiana! While we never lack for reasons to get together with family and friends, nothing takes top billing like Mardi Gras and Crawfish Season (yes, we capitalized it)! Even though Louisiana is known for year round festivities, these two typically make it ahead of the rest for “must do”. The words “parade,” “festival,” “carnival,” and

“crawfish boil” evoke feelings of fun, springtime and family. You can find an almost endless amount of festivals for Mardi Gras around the state that typically coincide with about the same amount for Crawfish. We want everyone to have fun and look for events around Louisiana near you on the next page!

Barkus Mardi Gras Parade New Orleans // February 4

Krewe of Demeter Mardi Gras Parade Mansfield // February 4

Krewe des Ambassadeurs Grand Bal Shreveport // February 8

Bayou Mardi Gras Parade New Iberia // February 9

Krewe of Centaur Grand Bal Shreveport // February 9

Louisiana Bicentennial Celebration Many // February 15-16

Krewe de Les Femmes Mystique Grand Bal Shreveport // February 15

Krewe of Janus Mardi Gras Parade Monroe // February 16

Krewe of Little Rascals Parade Metairie // February 17

Mystic Krewe of Mutts Baton Rouge // February 17

Denham Springs Mardi Gras Parade Denham Springs // February 18

Krewe of Excalibur Parade Metairie // February 22

Krewe of Hercules Houma // February 22

Krewe of Artemis Parade Baton Rouge // February 22

Family Gras Metairie // February 22-24

Here’s the Beef Annual Cook-off Opelousas // February 23

Krewe of Tee Caillou Chauvin // February 23

Krewe of Mystique Baton Rouge // February 23

Krewe of Dionysus Parade Slidell // February 24

Mid-City Gras Baton Rouge // February 24

City of Sulphur Mardi Gras Parade Sulphur // February 28

Cajun Country Courir de Mardi Gras Eunice // March 1-5

Downtown Opelousas Mardi Gras Celebration Opelousas // March 1

Annual Squeezebox Shootout Jennings // March 2

Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival Baton Rouge // March 2

Fat Tuesday Children’s Mardi Gras Parade Bossier City // March 4

Krewe of Krewe’s Parade Lake Charles // March 5

Mardi Gras Celebration New Orleans // March 5

Lagniappe Music Seafood Fest Gonzales // March 8-10 Mardi Gras au Coeur de la Louisianne Alexandria // March 9

Black Heritage Festival Lake Charles March 9-10

The Independence Sicilian Festival Independence // March 9-11

New Orleans Sacred Music Festival New Orleans // March 10

Louisiana Crawfish Festival Chalmette // March 21 - 24, 2019

St Patricks Day in New Orleans New Orleans // March 11-25

Top Taco Festival NOLA New Orleans // March 14

Louisiana Redbud Festival Vivian // March 16

Ritas on the River Taco Festival Monroe // March 16

Wearin’ of the Green St. Patrick’s Day Parade Baton Rouge // March 16

Metairie Road St. Patrick’s Day Parade Metairie // March 17

Annual San Francisco Plantation Frisco Fest Carville // March 17

New Orleans Bourbon Festival New Orleans // March 20-23

Crawfest Shreveport // March 22

Annual Cane River Film Festival Natchitoches // March 22

Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade Metairie // March 24

Slidell Spring Antique Fair Slidell // March 30-31

World Championship Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Eunice // March 31, 2019

**FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH LIST OF MARDI GRAS PARADES IN NEW ORLEANS AREA VISIT WWW.MARDIGRASNEWORLEANS.COM/PARADES**MODERN GRACE | 63