The Krewe of Muses signature floats rolls on the uptown parade route in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. The parade rolled with 26 floats and over 1,100 female members to the theme, “Muses Let it Ride ’21.” Gold Medal Olympian and WNBA Champion Swin Cash rolled as the Honorary Muse. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER
Nola.com — BY DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer
Published Dec 1, 2022 at 9:38 pm | Updated Dec 2, 2022 at 7:23 am
Mardi Gras 2023 is Feb. 21, and Carnival starts up a few weeks earlier, on Jan. 6 as always.
A shortage of police officers and other municipal workers prompted City Hall to prune blocks from the routes of all New Orleans float parades in 2022. And the treks of several of the city’s foot parades were finalized at the last minute, with some changes to starting and stopping places, depending on workforce availability.
Though Carnival fans hoped the parades would return to their usual lengths in 2023 the city leadership decided that the paths of the parades would remain reduced in the upcoming season, and already there has been a change to the date of one of the early foot parades.
The information in the following Carnival 2023 preview will be updated with changes should they occur.