There are three Super Sunday Mardi Gras celebrations that happen each year. Super Sunday is an annual gathering of Mardi Gras Indian Tribes celebrating their heritage and culture in a magnificent display of hand-sewn suits, singing, dancing and chanting. The festival is free and open to the public. 

Uptown Super Sunday is the first of these celebrations. It will happen on Sunday, March 15 centered around A.L. Davis Park (Washington Ave. and LaSalle St.) as the area comes alive with live music stages, New Orleans food vendors, beverages, retail vendors, official festival merchandise, and more. 

The Annual Indian Strut begins at 1:00 PM in front of the Mardi Gras Indian Council Campus
(2608 LaSalle Street). The procession will be led by:
- Young Men Olympian (YMO)
- Lady Buckjumpers
- Prince of Wales Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Mahogany Blue Baby Dolls
- N’Awlins D’Awlins Baby Dolls
- Creole Cutie Baby Dolls
- Many other Baby Dolls groups
- Village Brass Band
- Keep It Rolling Brass Band

The strut continues down LaSalle Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., left onto Claiborne Avenue, left onto Washington Avenue, and concludes at historic A.L. Davis Park—culminating
in a powerful display of the "Pretty Pretty Mardi Gras Indians" who proudly "Won’t Bow Down."

Here's the full schedule for the weekend:

Friday, March 13, 2026
Ringing of Peace
A unified gathering of Mardi Gras Indian tribes from throughout the city will officially open the festival at the Mardi Gras Indian Council Garden Stage. Tribes will celebrate the new Garden space with tambourines, drums, and traditional chants.

Mardi Gras Indian Council Garden Stage (2608 LaSalle Street) - Kick-Off Party (Free to the Public), 6pm
Following the Ringing of Peace, tribes will continue chanting and ringing down to the Dew Drop Inn & Lounge (2800 LaSalle Street) to join the Kick-Off Party.
- Happy Hour: 6-8pm
- Music by DJ BSharp
- Live performance by acclaimed trumpeter Shamarr Allen

Saturday, March 14, 2026
Super Sunday Festival Brunch, 12-2pm
Held at the Dew Drop Inn & Lounge, featuring live music by The 1st Lady of Funky Soul & Jason Neville Funky Soul Allstar Band
The Council will celebrate the legendary history of Super Sunday, founded by Executive Director Bertrand Butler, with music and storytelling.

12-2pm
Tickets available at the door. Tickets includes food. Contact: mikefarley@nomgic.com for pre-sale tickets. Full Cash Bar

“No Hum Bow” Saturday Night Concert (Free to the Public)
An electrifying evening of Mardi Gras Indian music featuring:
- Mohawk Hunters Tribe
- Big Chief Juan & the Golden Comanche

This high-energy concert sets the stage for Sunday’s gathering of tribes and feathers at A.L. Davis Park.
- Doors Open: 7:00 PM
- Show Starts: 8:00 PM
Dew Drop Inn & Lounge

Sunday, March 15, 2026
Indian Sunday at A.L. Davis Park (Free to the Public)
The grand finale of the Super Sunday Festival weekend!

Festival Opens: 12pm
Strut Begins: 1pm from 2608 LaSalle Street

Music Across Three Stages

R&B Stage:
DJ Irie Spins, BRW, Piano G, Young Pinstripes Brass Band

Indian Stage:
DJ Skip, Captain Charles, and multiple Mardi Gras Indian Tribes

Block Party Stage (2800 Block of LaSalle St.):
DJ Jubilee & Friends

MGIC Porch (2608 LaSalle St.):
DJ Slick

The 2026 Super Sunday Festival is more than an event, it is a living tradition celebrating culture, community, music, and the enduring spirit of New Orleans!

Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee

Please check back closer to this date for the route sheet.

At sunset on March 19, the Black Masking Indians of New Orleans don their elaborate suits of beads and feathers in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans and play out ritual confrontations with song and dance.

Below is video from St. Joseph's Night 2024 as the 9th Ward Hunters met up with the 9th Ward Seminoles, their Big Chiefs confronted each other, eventually made peace, and then they went their own ways, to meet other tribes downtown and uptown.