The 23rd Annual Zulu Lundi Gras Festival will take place on Monday, February 8, 2016 from 10:00am to 6:30pm in Woldenberg Park along the Mississippi River in the French Quarter. The festival will feature local, world-renowned and Grammy award winning entertainers performing on three (3) stages.
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In 2004, Michael Johnson was appointed to chair the 2005 Lundi Gras Festival Committee. However, prior to promoting the festival, he became ill. President Charles Hamilton appointed Cornelius Garner, Jr.as the new Chairman of the Lundi Gras Festival Committee coordinating the 2005 Festival promotion and its activities.
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Lundi Gras is a relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during the New Orleans Mardi Gras. It includes the tradition of Rex, king of the New Orleans carnival, arriving by boat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundi_Gras
Mardi Gras, the not to be missed party, can be difficult to plan for because it's not on the same day every year. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)is always the day before Ash Wednesday and because that's tied into Easter, it changes every year. Here are the dates for future years. 1  Mardi Gras 2013 is Feb.12. 2  Mardi Gras 2014 is Mar.4. 3  Mardi Gras 2015 is Feb.17. 4  Mardi Gras 2016 is Feb. 9. 5  Mardi Gras 2017 is Feb. 28.
http://goneworleans.about.com/od/festivals/a/mardigrasdates.htm
The Zulu's Lundi Gras Festival began in 1993 from an idea by George Rainey of Zulu and Ms. Karen Noles of the Audubon Nature Institute.
http://www.lundigrasfestival.com/history
The Zulu Lundi Gras Festival is a fun-filled day allowing the people of New Orleans and our city visitors an up-close look at the Zulu Characters. The festival is free and open to the public.
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This began in 1874, but the term Lundi Gras (French for Fat Monday) was not widely applied until 1987 when the arrival was brought back as part of a series of river-related events under the name of Lundi Gras. Lundi Gras was the creation of journalist Errol Laborde. The event was staged with the cooperation of Riverwalk Marketplace and its then marketing director Carol Thistle Lentz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundi_Gras
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Inc. is proud to announce The Days of Motown (featuring The New Orleans Mystics and The Ladies of Soul) will be performing at the 2016 Lundi Gras Festival. Come out to see this exc…. Our Lundi Gras Festival includes a huge line up of talent: 1  Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers.
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As a matter of fact, the University of New Orleans states that the Zulu's Lundi Gras Festival economic impact to the City of New Orleans is estimated to be $ 5 Million Dollars for this one-day event. Although King Zulu now arrives the day before Fat Tuesday on Lundi Gras Day, the excitement has not changed.
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He now arrives the evening of Lundi Gras on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. An outside promotion company, the Music Group for the first two years, managed the Festival. In 1995, a committee of Zulu Members was formed to manage and plan the festival. Gary Thornton chaired the committee in 1995 and 1996.
http://www.lundigrasfestival.com/history
what are lundi gras
Lundi Gras is a relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during the New Orleans Mardi Gras.