New Orleans most spectacular and popular festival, the Mardi Gras celebrations presents an entertainment of a kind. The grand event boasts of a great number of tourist pull, who joins in the fun and the revelry of the annual celebration each year. The major highlight of the New Orleans event includes fascinating ‘Krewe floats’, foot-tapping Jazz music, and masquerades. The entire city on the date of the festival wakes up to processions and marching bands parading across the city streets. This extravagant event is often referred to as "the greatest free show on earth". The festival has its origination and roots among the French, who earlier settled in the nation. The locals enjoy an upper edge in the celebration that starts for them on the Twelfth Night (the Feast of Epiphany). On this day, the first spectacular parade takes place hosted by the the Krewe de Vieux. Maximum festivity is witnessed in and around Bourbon Street in New Orleans' frilly, cast-iron-decorated French Quarter.
| DATE | 8 March 2011 |
| LOCATION | Bourbon Street in New Orleans
New Orleans |
| Time and Rates | Throughout the day and Free entry |
Nearest Hotels
- Le Richelieu
- Iberville Suites
- Le Pavillon Hotel
- Hotel Monteleone
- Royal Sonesta Hotel
- Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
- Country Inn & Suites By Carlson
- Chateau Bourbon Wyndham Hotel
Nearby Tourist Attractions
Mardi Gras World
Audubon Zoo
Famous Door
Aquarium Of The Americas
Louisiana Children's Museum
New Orleans Museum Of Art
National World War II Museum
Beauregard-Keyes House & Garden
Hermann-Grima Gallier Historic House
Nearest Airports
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
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