Barkus, Cleopatra hit the route this weekend

🛍️ Need Mardi Gras accessories? Find Mardi Gras markets at Miel Brewery on Thursday, at the All Ways Lounge on Sunday and through the season at the Chloe.

🤘 Nine Inch Nails stop at the Smoothie King Center on Thursday. (Tickets)

🐘 "Water for Elephants" is at the Saenger Theatre all weekend. (Tickets)

🎶 Trombone Shorty's ShortyGras is at Mardi Gras World on Saturday with Zedd, Big Freedia and Juvenile. (Tickets)

🎨 Catch a gallery opening for San Francisco street artist fnnch, who's got a show at the Orleans Gallery on Saturday. The free event has Cha Wa performing. (Details)

🕺 Recent Tiny Desk performers Sally Baby's Silver Dollars are at the Marigny Opera House on Sunday. (Tickets)

🥳 Parades

🍷 Krewe of Cork hits the French Quarter at 3pm Friday. Route.

⚔️ Krewe of Excalibur is in Metairie at 6:30pm Friday. Route.

🥤 Oshun rolls Uptown at 5:30pm Friday, followed by Cleopatra.

🎩 Mad Hatters roll in Metairie at 5pm Saturday. Route.

🎉 The Uptown route on Saturday is stacked: Pontchartrain rolls at 11:30am, followed by Legion of Mars, Choctaw and the Krewe of Freret.

• Sparta rolls at 5:30pm, with Pygmalion following at 6:15pm.

🐕 Find Barkus at 1pm Sunday in the French Quarter. Route.

👑 On the Uptown route Sunday, catch Femme Fatale at 11am, Carrollton at 12:30pm and King Arthur at 1pm.

Full parade schedule and routes

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a time change of the Barkus parade to 1pm (from 2pm).