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Photos, parade schedule and party tips, costumes, beads and topless girls who earned beads from New Orleans and other cities' Fat Tuesday parties.

Fat Tuesday & Mardi Gras Photos
New Orleans Party Survival Guide!

She with the most beads wins!

Fat Tuesday & Mardi Gras 2011 is March 8

Nothing beats fun party photos. Except being there yourself, of course! Here are photos from past and present Mardi Gras parades and of course, Fat Tuesday.

Those with the best Mardi Gras costumes win!

In 2012, the Mardi Gras parades began Feb. 4, with the two big weekends being Feb. 10-12. and 17-19. Fat Tuesday is Feb. 21. Keep reading for the complete Mardi Gras parade schedule in New Orleans.

Here's some shots from Mardi Gras parties around the globe, from us to you. And yes, there are Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations all over the world. Would you belive 1.5 million people go to Cologne, Germany? What about huge parades in Croatia? And Portugal? In Switzerland, the party lasts a month. PubClub has compiled this look at the World's Best Places to Party for Carnival.

If you plan to be in New Orelans for Mardi Gras, pack these:

PubClub.com's Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday Party Tips:
• The first week is generally a younger crowd and they tend to misbehave. The second week is more for veterans who know how to behave. In other words, they act like they've been there before.
• Pack a cooler full of food and drink. Do NOT urinate in public; get caught and you will go to jail until Marid Gras is finished.
•The primary parade route runs down St. Charles and Canal streets. Only a couple of parades go through the French Quarter.
• Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday is shoulder-to-shoulder crowded with little room to move. And that's just in the daytime. The night is even worse (or better, depending on one's point of view).
• Getting on a Bourbon Street balcony is expensive, if not difficult or impossible, for Fat Tuesday. Expect to pay $250; call bars in advance and ask if they have a bathroom to use and are serving food. Most balonies are reserved by groups and coporations for private parties.
• Do NOT talk with any cops, even to say hello, have a nice day, ask directions, etc. They don't want to hear anything from anyone.
• Future Fat Tuesday dates: 2013 – Feb. 12. 2014 - March 4.
• See where the Marid Gras floats are made by visiting Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World. The one-hour tour includes the props, building of the floats and finished floats. New location: On the waterfront near the Crescent City Connection. Open every day except Fat Tuesday. $17 adults. (504) 361-7821. www.mardigrasworld.com
• If Mardi Gras isn't enough, there's the Mardi Gras Fun(k)stravaganza (dates TBD but before all the parades). This third annual event features local musicians playing regional music. The location is the Blue Nile, 532 Frenchman Street, a cool part of town just past the French Market in the cool and funky Faubourg Marigny section of New Orleans.

Mardi Gras 2012 Parade Schedule

• Send us YOUR Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday photos!

For Mardi Gras, it's okay to "mask" one's intentions.

Uptown (St. Charles Street/Canal) and French Quarter Parades:

• Saturday, Feb. 4: Krewe du Vieux, French Quarter, 6:30 p.m. Krewe Delusion, French Quarter, 7:15.
• Friday, Feb. 10: Krewe of Cork, French Quarter, noon. Oshun - Uptown, 6 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 11: Pontchartrain, Uptown, 2 p.m. Sparta, Uptown, 6 p.m. Pygmalion, Uptown, 6:45 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 12: Carrollton, Uptown, Noon. King Arthur, Uptown, 1:15 p.m.. Barkus, French Quarter, 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 15: Druids, Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 16: Babylon, Uptown, 5:45 p.m. Chaos, Uptown, 6:30 p.m. Muses,Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. Feb. 17: Divine Protectors of Endangered Pleasures or DIVA, French Quarter, 1:30 p.m. Mystic Krewe of Hermes, Uptown, 6 p.m. Le Krewe d'Etat, Uptown, 6 p.m. Krewe of Morpheus, Uptown, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 18: Iris, Uptown, 11 a.m. Tucks, Updown, 12:15 p.m. Endymion, Mid-City, 4:15 p.m.
• Sunday Feb. 19: Okenos, Uptown, 11 a.m. Mid-City, Uptown, 11:45 a.m. Thoth, Uptown, noon. Bacchus, Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
• Luni Gras, Feb. 20: Proteus, Uptown, 5:15 p.m. Orpheus, Uptown, 6 p.m.
• Mardi Gras Day, Feb. 21: Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Uptown, 8 a.m. Rex, Uptown, 10 a.m. Elks Orleans, 11:30 a.m. Crescent City (after Elks). There are also marching bands on Mardi Gras: Jefferson City Buzzards, Uptown, 6:45 a.m. Lyons Carnival Club and Corner Carnival Club, Uptown, 7 a.m. Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Club and Mondo Kayo Social & Marching Club, Uptown, 7:45 a.m. Societe de Saint Anne, French Quarter (Marginey/Bywater), 10 a.m. KOE, French Quarter, 10:15 a.m.

The "squad"a in the 2008 Caesar Parade. Photo: Phenix

Krewe du Vieux Photos

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Fat Tuesday & Mardi Gras Photos

Where's the gumbo? The Hurricanes? We can earn beads!

The jovial JL from PMs says she did NOTHING to earn these big beads.

The beautiful bunny is bar hoppin' for Fat Tuesday.

Music in bars is a grand part of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday.

Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras is a PARTY!

Parades and floats are a big part of any Mardi Gras celebration.

DISPATCH FROM NEW ORLEANS, POST-KATRINA 2006:

"The crowds are great. And I saw numerous signs that said 'Thanks for Parading This Year.' The crowds also were great for the weekend parades despite the cold. Mardi Gras is really about spending time with family and friends and keeping our traditions alive. When you lose all your worldly possessions, the only thing that really matters are your memories and the chance the make new ones.

"What a glorious day! Katrina may have destroyed our homes and our beloved city, but she didn't destroy our spirit or our culture."

– PubClubber Tara, New Orleans native

– New Oreans Mardi Gras
Post-Katrina Photos –

New Orleans rocks anytime but Mardi Gras is like no other time.

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