O: Carnival New Orleans: Parades, Music, Neighborhoods and Authentic Food
Schedule
Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 am to Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 am
UTC-06:00Location
501 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117-8646, United States | New Orleans, LA
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Join an insider-curated tour of New Orleans, created by a former 10-year resident and not offered by any other company. Tour will include walking parades, gumbo and po’boys, art and museum exhibits, historic neighborhoods and brass bands. A resident filmmaker, ethnographer, cook, and scholar are your guides. Enjoy three early Mardi Gras parades: Boheme, an unconventional walking art exhibit with brass bands; Krewe de Vieux, which features spectacular satirical floats of the year's current events and brass bands; and ‘tit Rex (https://titrexparade.com/), whose floats ride on skateboards pulled by members in black tie handing out tiny throws and backed up by brass bands.Hear live music, learn to cook gumbo, and tour exhibits: the Historic New Orleans Collection featuring exhibits on civil rights and musicians; the Louisiana State Museum’s exhibits on jazz, Mardi Gras and Botanica Gardens; and City Park, which includes the world renown Bestoff Sculpture Garden (https://noma.org/besthoff-sculpture-garden/), Grow Dat Youth Farm (https://neworleanscitypark.org/visit-city-park/grow-dat/) and the Crescent City Farmers Market. Visit Treme’s Congo Square, which was a gathering place for enslaved and free people of color during the 19th century; then ferry to charming and historic Algiers Point, a ‘Site of Memory’ associated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project. Participants will walk 3-5 miles per day and enjoy an optional bike tour (pedicabs available for non-cyclists).
Cost includes 5 nights in a comfortable French Market area hotel (2 per room, own bed), with pool, gym, WIFI, and breakfast. Price also includes most transportation and lunches, museum and excursion fees, pre-trip New Orleans supper and screening of City of a Million Dreams documentary ().
Price for Sierra Club members is $1900 if received by September 15, 2025, or $2100 starting September 16, 2025. Airfare extra. Sign-up early, we expect to fill up quickly, space limited. See the following URL for sign-up instructions:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000w6blFIAQ&mapLinkHref=https://maps.google.com/maps&daddr=O:%20Carnival%20New%20Orleans:%20Parades,%20Music,%20Neighborhoods%20and%20Authentic%[email protected],-90.055795
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