Can't Make it to Mardi Gras 2009? View Live Webcams All Over Town

Can't make it to Mardi Gras? View live webcam coverage at events all around town. Mardi Gras 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana is taking place on Tuesday, February 24th. There are at least 6 cams set up in various locations 24/7. So if you can't be there, this is the next best thing. See parades on live webcams that started on Sunday, February 15th and continue every day until Fat Tuesday on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. New Orleans is ready to party and to let all of us be a part of it. See all the events, locations and parades just as if you are right there with their webcams.

Locations for cams are: Cat's Meow, Karaoke and Beadcam are permanent locations so they cover all celebrations such as Mardi Gras, jazz festivals and the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Other cams for Mardi Gras 2009 are located at Bourbon Streetcam, Beadcam, Paradecam and the French Quartercam. Fat Harry's has a permanent cam outside of their building. The Mardi Gras parade always comes by their building.

There are several parades before Mardi Gras. Watch all the 2009 parades starting with the:

Mystic Krewe of Barkus and other parades, Sunday, February 15th
Zulu Social Aid Pleasure Club on Tuesday, February 17th
Druids, Wednesday, February 18th
Krewes of Babylon, Muses and Chaos, on Thursday, February 19th
Krewes of Hermes, d'Etat, and Morpheus on Friday, February 20th
Krewes of Iris and Tucks, Saturday, February 21st
Krewes of Bacchus, Sunday, February 22nd
Lundi Gras: Krewes of Proteus and Orpheus on Monday, February 23rd
Mardi Gras 2009, Tuesday, February 24th

And if you can't get enough of Mardi Gras Parade 2009, photos are already showing up on the net. Post your photos on-line too. The following websites are posting them within hours of the parades: Wikimedia, Nola.com, HuffingtonPost.com, Mardigras.com and Bloomacious.com. Wdsu.com is hosting a contest for the best 2009 Mardi Gras Parade photos. The winner will be featured in Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide for next year. Unfspinnaker.com has a slide show of Mardi Gras 2009 photos. It looks like the costumes are as beautiful and outrageous as ever. It's good to see New Orleans getting the support and spirit that only it has.

Sources:
http://www.nola.com/bourbocam/
http://www.mardigras.com/