New Roads Mardi Gras

THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE TO THE BIG EASY!

COME TO NEW ROADS, LOUISIANA FOR MARDI GRAS!
Only 35 minutes northwest of Baton Rouge on Louisiana Highway 1 and beautiful False River!
THE LITTLE CARNIVAL CAPITAL
Home of the State's Oldest Mardi Gras celebration outside New Orleans!

New Roads will host its greatest Mardi Gras in 89 years, with whimsical floats, fantastic marching bands and dance teams; the most lavish royal floats, costumes and regalia ever; tons of neat throws including specially minted doubloons, glass beads and stuffed animals; comic maskers, great local cuisine, midway rides and that wonderful old Creole hospitality for lagniappe.

A special "bienvenue" is extended to all of our first-time parade-goers and, as always, "bienvenue encore" to all of our return visitors. Merci beaucoup and God bless you, one and all, for your support of this charitable fundraising event!

Our parade is rich in history and tradition with proceeds benefiting the Lions Charities. ThisMardi Gras, take your whole family to “The Little Carnival Capital” of Louisiana: the charming Creole town of New Roads, located just 35 minutes northwest of Baton Rouge on Louisiana Highway 1 and beautiful False River. Mammoth parades, scores of floats and bands, great throws, wonderful cuisine, hilarious street maskers, lots of parking near the parade route and a good dose of Creole hospitality for lagniappe all combine to make the New Roads Mardi Gras the top-choice, family-friendly destination each Fat Tuesday.

Host of the state’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration outside New Orleans, New Roads staged its first-known parade back in 1897 and has for generations been the site of two parades each Shrove Tuesday. The Community Center Carnival parade, Louisiana’s oldest after Rex, Proteus and Zulu and an annual feature since 1922, begins at 11 a.m. At 1:30 p.m., New Roads’ second parade takes place: the New Roads Lions Carnival parade which, since its inaugural voyage in 1941, rolls as a fundraiser for the Lions Charities.

Each of New Roads’ two Mardi Gras consists of approximately 30 glittering floats, 12 high-stepping marching bands and drill units, resplendent royalty, New Orleans-quality trinkets or “throws,” comic vehicles and myriad other attractions.

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