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New Orleans Vacation: Mardi Gras
New Orleans Vacation: Mardi Gras
Written by VacationIdea.com Travel Editors.
Mardi Gras is a world-famous New Orleans festival attracting more than 6 million visitors each year. Mardi Gras happens every year 47 days before Easter. Here is the list of upcoming Mardi Gras celebrations:
- February 24, 2004
- February 8, 2005
- February 28, 2006
- February 20, 2007
- February 5, 2008
- February 24, 2009
- February 16, 2010
Dozens of parades take place all over metropolitan New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Most parades are held the two weeks before Mardi Gras Day.
If you are vacationing with your family, stay away from the French Quarter or Canal Street during Mardi Gras. Instead, watch the parade along St. Charles Avenue between First Street and Napoleon Avenue.
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Written By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: May 16, 2004
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