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Why doesn’t Baton Rouge have one or two more parades before/after Spanishtown?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:07 pm
It’s the largest Mardi Gras crowd outside of New Orleans. I would think having another smaller parade before and/or after it would make for a great day in Baton Rouge.
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Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Southdowns parade is Friday night. Good family oriented parade
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:23 pm to theantiquetiger
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It’s the largest Mardi Gras crowd outside of New Orleans.
Is it? I seriously asking. I’ve never been. Always thought St. Paddy’s was the big parade. Or was when I lived there.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:26 pm to theantiquetiger
Better yet, I’ve never understood why Baton Rouge doesn’t try to own St Patrick’s Day instead. Have a late afternoon/night parade that weekend as well.
And don’t tell me you’d be too tired after the day party.
And don’t tell me you’d be too tired after the day party.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:26 pm to kciDAtaE
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Is it? I seriously asking. I’ve never been. Always thought St. Paddy’s was the big parade. Or was when I lived there.
Yes, Spanishtown parade is the largest MG parade outside NO area. It draws 100K+ people (probably closer the 200K)
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:35 pm to theantiquetiger
Is Spanish town the only Mardi Gras parade in BR?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:43 pm to theantiquetiger
Spanish town would be so much better if they put some degree of Mardi Gras pageantry into it. It’s an extremely amateur truck parade that zooms by at 20 mph with drunk people who aren’t in costumes and don’t throw shite.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:51 pm to kciDAtaE
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Is Spanish town the only Mardi Gras parade in BR?
No, there are others. It's the last one, though.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:53 pm to Jizzy08
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Spanish town would be so much better if they put some degree of Mardi Gras pageantry into it. It’s an extremely amateur truck parade that zooms by at 20 mph with drunk people who aren’t in costumes and don’t throw shite.
Do you know what happens when you make something nice and invite the public in br?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:01 pm to Jizzy08
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It’s an extremely amateur truck parade
Literally the point of the parade. It’s not supposed to be highly produced like a Blane Kern parade. It’s supposed to be irreverent. And it used to be much more risqué, bit the city bitched. Have you seen the Spanishtown Ball?
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that zooms by at 20 mph with drunk people who aren’t in costumes and don’t throw shite.
You can thank the city for that. They decided that it was too long and only allowed a finite number of entrants. It pretty much made them cut all the bands/walkers. The parade now travels too quickly.
New Orleans parades have something slightly similar - that’s why you see a bunch of tandem floats because they still count as only 1. However, New Orleans mandates that you have x number of bands/walking crews, and it can potentially hurt your future parades/permitting if you don’t have the required number.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:36 pm to theantiquetiger
They tried having one after Spanishtown at least once, I think with Neptune. Hardly anyone stayed for it (not sure they had even advertised it was happening).
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 5:52 am
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:40 pm to theantiquetiger
Why doesn’t Baton Rouge have a Mardi Gras day parade?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:50 pm to TheIndulger
Wait, Spanish Town isn’t on MG day?
Im starting to doubt OPs claim that BR has the biggest MG crowd outside of NOLA. How can you claim that without having a parade on MG day?
Im starting to doubt OPs claim that BR has the biggest MG crowd outside of NOLA. How can you claim that without having a parade on MG day?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:54 pm to theantiquetiger
We try to limit the number of shootings.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:54 pm to theantiquetiger
Cause parades are Trashy AF.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:55 pm to TheIndulger
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Why doesn’t Baton Rouge have a Mardi Gras day parade?
Everybody goes to NO
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:57 pm to theantiquetiger
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t’s the largest Mardi Gras crowd outside of New Orleans.
Ummm no it’s not. Ever been to Houma parades?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:59 pm to tigerbutt
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Ummm no it’s not. Ever been to Houma parades?
Yes I have, many time.
Spanishtown is the largest parade crowd outside of NO.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:03 pm to tigerbutt
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Ummm no it’s not. Ever been to Houma parades?
Umm no. The 100,000 estimate by the previous poster is wrong. BR has about 200,000. I think New Roads is even bigger than Houma as New Roads has 110,000. Houma’s parade goers are in a more concentrated spot and it makes it seem like it’s more.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:05 pm to Jizzy08
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It’s an extremely amateur truck parade that zooms by at 20 mph with drunk people who aren’t in costumes and don’t throw shite.
As a 20 plus year rider I have to say, there is so much wrong with this statement I don’t know where to begin. You obviously don’t go to the parade. I used to ride in Endymion and it’s on par.
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