Riding in a Mardi Gras Parade

Riding in a Mardi Gras Parade

Today’s episode is all about riding in a Mardi Gras parade.

As we close out Carnival 2023, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about this topic. Today, I’ll take you through the ins and outs of it. We’ll cover how parades are put on, how you join, what to expect, costs, and more!

Sponsors

The Historic New Orleans Collection

Support comes from The Historic New Orleans Collection, the city’s premiere history museum, located at five twenty Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter.

Check out their online publication called First Draft. Its’ a combination blog and online exhibition space. hnoc.org/firstdraft

Support comes from The Historic New Orleans Collection, the city’s premiere history museum, located at five twenty Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter. 

Check out their online publication called First Draft. Its’ a combination blog and online exhibition space. hnoc.org/firstdraft

Through April 17, 2023, check out  the exhibit titled French Quarter Life: People and Places in the Vieux Carré. It features artists from around the world who have worked to capture and share their impressions of New Orleans’s most iconic and historic neighborhood.

On April 28, 2023 HNOC will present an exhibit about women’s right to vote. Titled, Yet She Is Advancing”: New Orleans Women and the Right to Vote, 1878–1970.

The 19th amendment granted American women the right to vote, in 1920,  but Louisiana laws effectively disenfranchised Black women. 

As many white women began going to the polls and increasing their political participation in segregation-era New Orleans, African American women continued to fight for access to the ballot. From paying their poll taxes to organizing voter registration drives, Black women challenged their status as second-class citizens up to and through the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

This exhibit tells a decades-long story through objects, images, documents, and interactive displays—and through the words of the New Orleans women who for nearly 100 years persisted in their struggle to obtain the vote.

As always, the Historic New Orleans Collection is free. It’s somehow continues to fly under the radar, but should not be missed.

Go to HNOC.org/Visit to plan your trip.

Two Chicks Walking Tours

March 2023 marks the return of Two Chicks as a sponsor of Beyond Bourbon Street. 

Long time listeners probably remember the crew over at Two Chicks operates intentionally small public walks (14 guests compared to 28 so half the size of the city ordinance) seven days a week. These experiences are focused in the Garden District and French Quarter neighborhoods.

They’re also producing private curated walks for groups sized 1 – 200 when called upon. While the team is female lead they do have a rooster strutting around and there are tour guides from before the lockdown still on staff!

Find out more at Two Chicks Walking Tours. Use the code BEYOND and get 15% off.

Beyond Bourbon Street Book

I have a book! The Beyond Bourbon Street Insider’s Guide to New Orleans officially released on May 1, 2022.

You can find it online at major retailers like Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes and Noble and more.

In New Orleans, Octavia Books, Blue Cypress have it, as well as The OW, a store located at 2850 Magazine, Fleurty Girl in the French Quarter has it, as does NOLA T-Shirt Club on Magazine.

NOLA T-Shirt Club also has copies available in their online shop, and those are autographed by me. Some are signed by my girls as well, who played a big part in bringing the book to life. You can also order a personalized copy directly from me. Send an email to mark@beyondbourbonst.com and put ‘book purchase‘ in the subject line.

If you love the show, the, podcast, and New Orleans, please consider picking up a copy. For more on the book, check out episode 157.

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