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Southern Decadence Parade 2025
A later starting time and cooler temps – at least for New Orleans in August– made this celebration one of the most flamboyant yet!
- photos by Cheryl Gerber
2025 Mermaid Parade
This annual benefit by the Krewe Du Fool for the Audubon Institute’s Education Department welcomed little minnows, mermaids and mermen and all things oceanic.
- photos by Melanie Cole
St. Joseph’s Day Parade 2025
With a gigantic rolling altar, waving maids, and tuxedoed marchers, the 53rd St. Joseph’s Day parade rollicked through the French Quarter on Saturday, March 22nd dispensing flowers, flags – and kisses.
- photos by Sean Fink
George Long: Carnival Paparazzo
For close to 50 years, the popular photographer has been capturing – and been captivated by – the city’s creatives and their costumery.
-by Doug Brantley
New Orleans Holiday Parade 2024
A relative newcomer on the New Orleans parade scene, this third annual march featured dozens of oversized balloons, floats, dancing teams, marching bands and of course, Saint Nick.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Southern Decadence Parade 2024
The parade is a highlight of this four-day celebration - one which began 52 years ago as a private party and now attracts more than a quarter million revelers each year.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Pride Parade 2024
This ever-popular parade danced its way through the French Quarter, where throngs of fans cheered them on.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Downtown Irish Club Parade 2024
The luck of the Irish prevailed and the persistent rains stopped before the shenanigans of this annual parade began.
- photos by Melanie Cole
The 52nd Annual St. Joseph’s Day Parade
With a gigantic rolling St. Joseph’s Day altar, reigning beauties, local dancing clubs and groups of tuxedo-clad men exchanging paper carnations and garters for kisses, the Italian-American St. Joseph’s Day Society has delighted more than five decades of parade-goers.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Krewe of Boo Parade 2023
Krewe of Boo parade kicks off what’s become an actual season in New Orleans – Halloween. And when local imaginations lend themselves to the macabre, the result is spell-binding.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Holiday Parade 2022: “First of its kind”
We're not sure what we were expecting from a first year parade, but from the enthusiasm, the number of participants and parade-goers, it might have been the 25th annual.
- photos by Ellis Anderson