Krewe du Vieux Mardi Gras parade, February 19, 2011

The 2011 Parade this year is on Saturday, February 19, 2011 and the Krewe will be rolling and stumbling through the Marigny Triangle and the Lower French Quarter. This year’s theme is 25 Years Wasted! The King is Don Marshall, Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation Executive Director.

The Krewe du Vieux is a New Orleans Mardi Gras or Carnival krewe, originally and more fully known as the Krewe du Vieux Carre (“Vieux Carre” being another term for the city’s French Quarter). It is one of the earliest parades of the New Orleans Carnival calendar, and is noted for wild satirical and adult themes, as well as for showcasing some of the best Brass and Jazz Bands in New Orleans.

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