What to know about New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Super Sunday 2024

What's happening: The New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council is organizing several events all weekend, Michael Farley, assistant director of the council, tells Axios.

Gospel Extravaganza: This free event is Saturday is from 1 to 5pm in A.L. Davis Park.

Super Sunday Festival: This is the main event and starts at noon Sunday in A.L. Davis Park.

• It will have two stages: one for Mardi Gras Indian struts (or parades) and the other for R&B performances.
• The strut starts at 1pm at 2608 LaSalle Street, Farley said. There will be a block party at the same time in the 2800 block on LaSalle in front of the newly reopened Dew Drop Inn.
• More than 40 vendors will have food and drinks for sale.

Flashback: St. Joseph's Day is intertwined with Super Sunday, according to New Orleans and Co., because St. Augustine Church in Tremé, a historically Black Catholic church, allowed Sicilians to worship at their church.

• St. Joseph's Day is on Tuesday and is named after Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father to Jesus.

• Catholics in New Orleans observe the day by creating altars laden with food to honor the relief St. Joseph provided during a drought in Sicily, the archdiocese says.
• Sicilian immigrants brought the tradition to New Orleans when they settled here in the late 1800s.

Editor's note: This story was originally published March 15. It was updated March 18 with information about the rescheduled events.

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• St. Patrick's Day events in New Orleans.
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