The Joan of Arc parade drew a huge crowd to the French Quarter on Saturday night to celebrate the start of Carnival 2024. +4 Toilet paper will soon be banned as a Mardi Gras throw.

Joan of Arc’s “Sweet Sixteen” went off in a blaze of monks, maidens and heresy in the French Quarter on Saturday, Jan 6. The teenage martyr celebrated her birthday (612th, to be exact) with a ...

The parade selects a young woman to play Joan of Arc in the parade each year. The role is passed on in an elaborate sword ceremony. Marley Marsalis, a high school senior, holds the 2024 title.