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Topless women at Mardi Gras 2024
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Welcome to Stan’s Selection for Mardi Gras, this is my 25th edition of my guide to Mardi Gras, its free and is based on years of photographing Mardi Gras and enjoying one of the more unique events in the world. The recommendations I will be making are by no means definitive and you may choose to attend different events as the mood suits you. Here is some background information and dates.
Mardi Gras can happen any Tuesday from February 3 through March 9. The date is actually set by the Catholic Church (based on the cycle of the moon) which sets the dates for Easter and Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is always 46 days before Easter, so the date always changes. This year 2025 Fat Tuesday the end of the Mardi Gras season, is March 4 and that is pretty much in the end of the potential dates for Mardi Gras as it can get. The majority of the parade season is generally 12 days before Ash Wednesday and in the four Parish areas around the city there will be something on the order of 70 parades. This supplement to my guide to New Orleans is hoped to be a very rough guide to getting around during the carnival season and events that Aimee my photo co-pilot, and I attend. This year will be my 33rd Mardi Gras that I’ve photographed and I never get tired of it.
Tuesday March 4, Society of Saint Anne, start time approx 10 am Started in 1969, this is a New Orleans Mardi Gras marching krewe that parades each Mardi Gras Day. Known for the very elaborate and beautiful costumes of its members, the core group gathers in the Bywater neighborhood (usually Bud Rips tavern) of New Orleans each Mardi Gras morning, with the Storyville Stompers brass band providing the music. As they pass through the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter, additional costumed marchers join the parade at various coffee-shops and bars along the route. The marches continue to Canal Street to watch the Rex Parade, then return into the French Quarter. Don’t be surprised to come across them on Royal St. in the Quarter.

















