Mardi Gras Parade 2020: Live Stream? How To Watch Online HD TV Coverage & Broadcasting
Mardi Gras returns once again to New Orleans, with a cavalcade of colourful parades leading up to the climax of the carnival season on Fat Tuesday, which is a little later than usual in 2019, falling at the beginning of March as opposed to the usual February event.
Mardi Gras Parade 2020 Live Stream Watch Online HD TV Coverage & Broadcasting
In New Orleans this translates to a whole carnival season that lasts for weeks, before culminating in the main parade. Canal Street is the main focus of the parade itself, but for most people the main party takes place on Bourbon Street in the famous French Quarter, or Vieux Carre, where the most popular bars are located — names like The Old Absinthe House, Pat O’Brien’s and Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop will be turning a roaring trade, while the traditional southern food and hospitality at the local restaurants are an absolute must.
Mardi Gras Parade Schedule
The New Orleans Mardi Gras is actually a whole season of parades in the weeks leading up to the main event, the Mardi Gras parade on Fat Tuesday, the 25th February 2020.
On Lundi Gras, Monday 24th February in Uptown New Orleans there will be the Krewe of Porteus parade at 5.15pm and then Krewe of Orpheus at 6pm.
The schedule for the main Mardi Gras parades on Fat Tuesday, 25th Feb 2020, is as follows:
Uptown New Orleans
Krewe of Zulu, 8am
Krewe of Rex, 10am
Krewe of Elks Orleanians, Follows
Krewe of Crescent City, Follows
Krewe of Rex, 10am
Krewe of Elks Orleanians, Follows
Krewe of Crescent City, Follows
Metairie
Krewe of Argus, 10am
Krewe of Elks Jefferson, Follows
Krewe of Jefferson Jefferson, Follows
Krewe of Elks Jefferson, Follows
Krewe of Jefferson Jefferson, Follows
Covington
Krewe of Lyra, 10am
Folsom
Krewe of Folsom, 1.30pm
Lacombe
Krewe of Chahta, 1pm
You can find the full mardi gras schedule for all of the parades leading up to the main days here.
TV & Live Streaming
There are now typically live streams available online not just of the main parade day, but many of the other parades leading up to it. Local New Orleans TV station WWLTV in particular have extensive online coverage, including online videos of the main events an an excellent parade tracker app:
Mardi Gras on WWLTV
We should point out that this site is now being blocked for European viewers, presumably as a consequence of he new GDPR regulations, we will try to find alternative coverage as the main parade day approaches.
One alternative option may be the live stream coverage by WWOZ, although at this stage we have no confirmed Mardi Gras broadcast schedule:
WWOZ live stream
There is also the return of the live streaming parade cam feature provided by Earthcam, with top views from landmarks including Bourbon Street and the famous Cats Meow Balcony for all of the major parades, and these are available internationally:
Mardi Gras parade cam
You can see our full range of live coverage of mardi gras and carnival events around the world here:
Watch Mardi Gras live
Hotels and Accommodation
Mardi Gras season in New Orleans is very much peak time for the city’s hotels and guest houses, especially the old historic buildings in the iconic French Quarter. As such we recommend you reserve your rooms as far in advance as possible.
You can check out availability and make reservations online for local hotels here.
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