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Mardi Gras is a celebration of culture and community. It’s possibly the biggest festival in Louisiana, and especially in its most vibrant city, New Orleans.
Mardi Gras is a two-week-long event that starts before Shrove Tuesday and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.
It’s famous for its colourful parades, dancing, drinking culture, loud music, and excitement. People from all over the city, and even the world, venture to the French Quarter each year to see the biggest parades and celebrations happen.
It’s become more famous over recent years for its partying aspect, which is why many people were shocked when we said we wanted to do Mardi Gras New Orleans with kids.
But you know what, those people don’t know what we know…Here’s how you can experience the magic of Mardi Gras with kids!
We visited Mardi Gras in partnership with the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau to help showcase the family spirit of Mardi Gras.
In this guide, we’ll share with you some tips and places you most want to visit with your kids to have that family-friendly Mardi Gras experience in New Orleans.
Can you take the kids to Mardi Gras?
“Don’t take the kids to Mardi Gras in New Orleans” they said. “Are you sure you want to go to Mardi Gras with kids?”
We heard this way too often when talking about our trip to New Orleans with our kids for the Mardi Gras Festival.
It was very similar to when I first fell pregnant with our eldest daughter Kalyra and everyone wanted to tell me my travels were now over.
“Um, why?”
We set out to prove them wrong, and many years later we have done an excellent job of that!
So when people said that Mardi Gras was not a place for kids, we set out on a road trip from North Carolina to Louisiana to prove to everyone that you can enjoy the New Orleans Mardi Gras Festival with kids.
Yes, it’s well known for its debauchery and boob flashing on Bourbon Street, which is the only place NOT suitable for kids.
But Mardi Gras New Orleans is much more than Bourbon Street as we’ll show you below, and it wasn’t in our plans to ever take the girls there.
One thing we know is true, if there are children living in the destination you are visiting, odds are there will be a family-friendly angle to any festivals or experiences you are seeking in that destination.
I’m pretty sure they don’t ship out all the children who live in New…
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