Photo by Kim Welsh
Mark your calendar: 2025-2026 Pre-Parade Events with Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc
12 action-packed days until the parade! Crafting, costume sewing, puppet and prop construction and music and flag rehearsals are all in full swing! Be part of the fun for 2026!
- Thursday, January 1, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. New Year’s Work Party, throws pick-up and foot soldier costume pickup at St. Andrew’s Parish Hall
- Sunday, January 4, 9 a.m.-noon Mass at Saint Louis Cathedral, second line and jazz brunch at Market Cafe (Get your tickets!)
- Monday, January 5, 7-9:30 p.m. Pre-Parade Dinner Party at Livaudais Hall (Get your tickets! TICKET PRICE INCREASES TONIGHT TO $85!)
- Tuesday, January 6 PARADE!!!!!
- Tuesday, January 6, 5:45-6:30 p.m. NEW LINE-UP LOCATION AND ROUTE
- Tuesday, January 6, 7:30 p.m. (earlier start time) PARADE!!!!
- Member Resources: throws store, throws guide and costume guide
Details of All Events Below
Photo by Gary H. Jones
Thursday, January 1: New Year’s Work Party
Most members have a reason to at least stop by this workshop, which makes it a bustling party. Group leaders and full members should pick up parade wristbands. Full members will be picking up throws, foot soldiers will be picking up costumes, and everyone will be working on making our signature tea light throws. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church at the corner of Carrollton and Zimple (1031 S. Carrollton, map). Enter from the side door on Zimple. Show off your own projects or bring a snack or wine to share if you like. Delicious holiday leftovers welcome. Dress: casual.
Action items:
- Volunteers needed: Sign up to help with loading in, packing out, food, wristband distribution or sale table
- Place your purchased throws and keepsakes orders now to pick up at New Year’s
- Help get ready for the big work party: Throws and prop workshops at Captain Amanda’s house 7330 Sycamore St. (map): Monday December 28 2-6 p.m., and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday December 29.
- If you picked up tea light kits to assemble, be sure to bring your assembled tea lights at the start of the work party (at 11 a.m.) so we can add the other goodies to member throw bags and get them ready for pick-up.
Photo by Gary H. Jones
Sunday, January 4th: Mass, Second Line and Jazz Brunch
Join your fellow krewe members for 9 a.m. worship at Saint Louis Cathedral the Sunday before the parade. In the spirit of Joan, worship is the way to begin any important endeavor! After mass, the Soul Heirs Band will lead us in a jam and second line 4 blocks from the Cathedral to the Joan of Arc statue, where we’ll do a jazz brunch at Market Cafe. You can attend the mass, second line, brunch or all three, but you’ll need an advance ticket for the brunch. Dress: second line spirit, krewe colors blue and gold, krewe gear, medieval-inspired (not costumes). You may want to get a krewe umbrella!
Photo by Gary H. Jones
Monday, January 5: Pre-Parade Medieval Banquet at Livaudais Hall
We’ll have king cake, a hot buffet supper, wine at your table, and medieval music, 7-9:30 p.m. Caterer Jacques-Imo’s makes us a medieval roast pig and a full medieval menu of roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, and fig compote. Two bottles of wine are provided per table, and you may also bring your own wine. We’ll be welcoming the French “Jeanne d’Arc” and the rest of the delegation from our sister city Orléans, France. Luke Brechtelsbauer and friends will entertain us with medieval music, and we’ll have a drum and chant performance of Joan’s trial. Show off your beautiful medieval costume and share a sneak preview of your throws with friends! All paraders are invited to purchase tickets — full members, honoraries and their entourage, group members, performers, and foot soldier volunteers. Paraders may also purchase non-member tickets for your guests. Tickets are $75 for members, $15 extra for non-members. BUT after December 25th, ticket prices will increase to $85, and after January 1, ticket prices will increase to $95, so buy your ticket now! Dress: Medieval costumes are strongly encouraged. Many krewe members (including foot soldier volunteers) wear their parade costumes. There is street parking near the hall.
We need volunteers to help with set-up and pack-up for the banquet. Sign up here!
* – Yes, the banquet ticket price has increased, but please note that even with this increase and a sell-out crowd, ticket sales do not quite cover the cost of the event. We DO expect a sell-out though, so get your ticket now.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, PARADE!!!!!
Photo by Gary H. Jones
New Route and Earlier Start Time (Detailed Line-Up Instructions)
Report to the corner of Bienville and Front Street to line up (map), costumed, ready to go, and carrying only what you plan to carry in the parade. Foot soldiers and leaders will arrive by 5:45 p.m. to unload the props; full members should be there no later than 6:30 p.m. to roll the parade at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Arrive in costume. Come early so you have time to see everything and get your photo taken. Park at the START in Premium Parking Lot 402 or at the END in Premium Parking Lot #407 (map, entrance near 698 Decatur), carpool is encouraged. Reserve a parking space. The new route is 1.2 miles (shorter than last year).
7:30 p.m. Parade!!!!
We’ll kick off Carnival season at 7:30 p.m. sharp, make our stops for toasts in French and English to our court, and the king cake ceremony at Oscar Dunn Park (sidewalk amphitheater by Cafe Du Monde), a salute to the statue and the sword blessing ceremony at St. Mary’s Church in the Old Ursuline Convent. (Route and stop details)
Remember that we are a family-friendly parade and also a saint procession with a ceremony at the Cathedral. Marchers are required to hold off on the adult beverages until after the parade. We’ll be done around 9:30 p.m.; surely you can wait that long!
Members Only website
Remember, the Members Only page (password: Joan1412 ) is where you can order throws, view and order prints of last year’s photos from our amazing volunteer photographers, and find the costume guide, throws guide, downloadable logos, relevant coats of arms, and characters wanted. And our online Joan library is full of not only books but also music, movies and TV shows.
Order your throws now!