Now is the best time to travel to New Orleans and have some fun - what with the New Orleans Saints heading to Miami for the Super Bowl, and Mardi Gras coming up. The best and most entertaining New Orleans attractions will be held this month. It’s one huge, city-wide party you shouldn’t miss!
The Saints’ Celebration Parade
The New Orleans Saints are headed to their first ever Super Bowl in their 43-year history. After beating the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime, will fly to Miami to face the Indianapolis Colts on February 7, 2010.
The Saints’ celebration parade will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - whether they win or lose! The parade will begin at the Superdome and end at Blain Kern’s Mardi Gras World.
The Greatest Free Show on Earth
Every year, dozens of colorful floats cruise through the streets of New Orleans and its surrounding areas to entertain tourists and locals alike. This year, the celebrations start on February 5, 2010 and go on until Mardi Gras day, February 16, 2010. Each usually has several parades booked back to back, so whether you are on Canal enjoying the parade and catching throws from the floats or watching St. Charles Avenue snagging beads from a Central Business District balcony before heading to the French Quarter, make sure you don’t miss “The Greatest Free Show On Earth!”
Disney Comes to New Orleans
Disney’s latest animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, which opened in theaters in the US last December 11, is set in New Orleans and has inspired a four-month exhibit of original artwork from the Walt Disney Studios at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The exhibition, entitled “Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio,” opened last November 15, and will run through March 14, 2010.
Wicked, Mamma Mia and Avenue is Staged on Crescent City
Performing arts is very much alive in New Orleans. New Orleans is home to one of the oldest opera companies in the US, as a world-class ballet association, a musician-run philharmonic orchestra, plus numerous venues where you can catch some of the most famous Broadway productions and other performances. Broadway Across America brings Mamma Mia, Wicked, and Avenue Q to New Orleans. Renowned New Orleans attraction Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, in Louis Armstrong Park will host the line up. Catch Mamma Mia on February 2-7; Wicked on March 24-April 11; and Avenue Q on June 8-13.
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