Krewe of Orpheus

Mardi Gras parade bands

Since 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus has mesmerized the crowds who jam the streets of New Orleans awaiting its arrival. Orpheus has consistently stunned the revelers on Lundi Gras, the night before Mardi Gras, and has exploded as the largest new Krewe in the past 30 years. Since that first ride, Orpheus has been the most eagerly anticipated Mardi Gras parade of the season. In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe’s throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Past celebrity guests have included Sandra Bullock, Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Stevie Wonder, Vanessa Williams, Laurence Fishbone, Forrest Whitaker, Quincy Jones, Brad Paisley, Dominic Monaghan, Josh Hartnett, Joan Rivers, Josh Hartnett, Gerald McRaney, Delta Burke, Anne Rice, Toby Keith, David Copperfield

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