New Orleans celebrates Easter every year with egg hunts, jazz cruises, parades, and, of course, church services. Don’t spend Easter morning with your head in your Easter basket. Here are some eggcellent ideas (if we do say so ourselves).
St. Louis Cathedral certainly isn’t the only place you can celebrate Easter Mass but, if you’ve never been, make this the year.
Historic French Quarter Easter Parade
At 9:45 a.m. on Easter Sunday the Historic French Quarter Easter Parade departs Dickie Brennan’s Tableau Restaurant and heads toward St. Louis Cathedral for 11 a.m. Mass. The parade features mule-drawn carriages and old convertibles with plenty of stuffed Easter bunnies and other trinkets for the kids. After Mass, parade participants promenade in Jackson Square, showing off their Easter bonnets.
French Quarter Easter Parade
Festivities begin at 11 a.m. in the Omni Royal Orleans Ballroom with a hat contest, silent auction, and entertainment. Expect festive floats, marching bands, beads, and special Easter throws.
Easter Bunny Jazz Brunch Cruise on the Steamboat Natchez and the Riverboat City of New Orleans
On April 4 or 5, gather at the river for brunch on the Steamboat Natchez or the Riverboat City of New Orleans. Along with pics with the Easter Bunny, you can enjoy a narrated cruise, live jazz, a brunch buffet and more.
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