Curated by
The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation
Carnival Time: Mardi Gras Parade Route Tour
Among the underrated pleasures of Mardi Gras are the walks—from parking places, bars, strangers’ houses, barricaded streets, etc.—to the parade route. This tour features sites within a few blocks of St. Charles Avenue, from Napoleon Avenue to Canal Street, for you to check out as you navigate the festivities.
If, as can happen during Carnival, you find yourself walking across the Central Business District, check out our tour of South Rampart Street. It includes a bar where the Zulu parade and Baby Dolls stopped on Mardi Gras Day back in the 1940s. If you get to the French Quarter there’s a tour for that, too, featuring the studio where Professor Longhair and Earl King recorded the Carnival classic “Big Chief.”
Places in this Tour
- F&M Patio
- Le Bon Temps Roule/Roppolo residence
- Benny's Bar
- Neville Family Home
- Idris Muhammad's apartment
- Valencia Hall
- Tipitina's
- Walter L. Cohen High School
- The Nite Cap
- Hayes' Chicken Shack/Vernon's
- Sandpiper Lounge
- Dr. John Mural
- Newton's/Guitar Joe's House of Blues/Portside Lounge
- Joe “King” Oliver’s House
- The Glass House
- H&R Bar
- The Robin Hood
- Victor Augustine's Curio Shop
- Club Tiajuana
- Grunewald School of Music
- Jazz City Studio
- Red Onion
- Downbeat Club
- Little Gem Saloon and Buddy Bolden Mural
- Karnofsky Shop and Residence
- Iroquois Theater
- Eagle Saloon / Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall
- One Stop Record Shop
- The Bop Shop
- Astoria Hotel
- Morris Music
- Junius Hart Piano House and Alamo Dance Hall
- Hackenjos Music Company
- Werlein's Music Store
Images
Postcard (c. 1901-1911) with an image of a Mardi Gras parade on Canal Street.
Public domain.