Last Saturday night (January 19), the Krewe du Vieux rang in the Mardi Gras season, rolling through the French Quarter and the Marigny in all its gaudy grandeur. Photographer Kim Welsh caught the salacious spectacle. Check out her shots from the (in)appropriately themed Krewe du Vieux Comes Early below.
This weekend 17 parades will roll throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Here’s a quick look at the schedule:
| Date and Krewe | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, January 25 | ||
| Krewe of Oshun | Uptown | 6:00pm |
| Krewe of Cleopatra | Uptown | 6:30pm |
| Saturday, January 26 | ||
| The Mystic Knights of Adonis | West Bank | 11:45am |
| Krewe of Bilge | Slidell | Noon |
| Krewe of Pontchartrain | Uptown | 1:00pm |
| Krewe of Choctaw | Uptown | Follows Pontchartrain |
| 'tit Rex | Marigny | 5:00pm |
| Knights of Sparta | Uptown | 6:00pm |
| Krewe of Pygmalion | Uptown | 6:45pm |
| Krewe of Mona Lisa and MoonPie | Slidell | 7:00pm |
| Krewe of Chewbacchus | Marigny | 8:00pm |
| Sunday, January 27 | ||
| Krewe of Carrollton | Uptown | Noon |
| Krewe of Perseus | Slidell | 1:00pm |
| Krewe of King Arthur and Merlin | Uptown | 1:15pm |
| Krewe of Barkus | French Quarter | 2:00pm |
| Krewe of Dionysus | Slidell | 2:00pm |
| Krewe of Thor | Metairie | 2:00pm |
Krewe du Vieux 2013 (photo: Kim Welsh)
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All photos courtesy of Kim Welsh. See more shots from the New Orleans music scene on OffBeat’s Flickr page.
