By Wonderwall.com Editors
2:00pm PST, Feb 13, 2024
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It's Carnival time in New Orleans! The Crescent City's famous celebration kicked off on Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, this year, and runs through Mardi Gras Day, or Fat Tuesday, on Feb. 13.
As the season's festivities get underway, we're taking a look back at some of the famous faces who've hopped on parade floats, tossed beads from balconies and danced their way through the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras through the years, starting with this actor…
"Entourage" star Kevin Dillon reigns as Bacchus LV during Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 11, 2024.
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Comedian Jeffrey Ross reads a love poem to Britney Spears while Carson Daly watches on the MTV Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans on Feb. 5, 2002.
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Britney Spears hangs out with Big Boi (left) and André 3000 (right) of OutKast during Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 2002.
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Willie Nelson throws beads from atop a float in the Bacchus parade in New Orleans during Carnival on Feb. 26, 2006.
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Cyndi Lauper heads through the streets of New Orleans towards her Mardi Gras float in the Krewe of Orpheus parade on Feb. 20, 2012.
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Filmmaker Spike Lee is Grand Marshal of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans on Feb. 13, 2018.
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Celebrity grand marshal Kelly Clarkson tosses Mardi Gras cups and beads to fans and revelers in the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2013.
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Actor and native New Orleanian Anthony Mackie reigns as King of Bacchus XLVIII in the Krewe of Bacchus parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 7, 2016. Anthony made history that year as the krewe's first Black monarch.
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Celebrity monarchs Harry Connick Jr. and his wife, Jill Goodacre, ride in the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans during Carnival on March 4, 2019.
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Singer Solange Knowles rides as the Honorary Muse in the all-women's superkrewe Krewe of Muses' parade during Carnival in New Orleans on Feb. 4, 2016.
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Actor J.K. Simmons reigns as King of Bacchus XLX during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Feb. 11, 2018.
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Christina Aguilera performs on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter while taping a 2003 Mardi Gras special for MTV on Feb. 25, 2003.
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Keegan-Michael Key poses for a selfie with a fan during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans on Feb. 12, 2018.
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Actor Jensen Ackles, King Bacchus LI, prepares to lead the Krewe of Bacchus's 51st annual parade during Carnival in New Orleans on March 3, 2019.
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Celebrity monarch Trace Adkins rides in the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans during Carnival on March 4, 2019.
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Arcade Fire's Win Butler participates in the second annual Krewe du Kanaval parade during Carnival in New Orleans on Feb. 22, 2019.
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Dan Aykroyd rides in the Endymion parade in New Orleans during Carnival on Feb. 26, 2006.
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Actor John C. Reilly reigns as Bacchus XLVI in the Krewe of Bacchus parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 15, 2015.
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Anderson Cooper rides in the Endymion parade in New Orleans during Carnival on Feb. 26, 2006.
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Musician Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews rides in the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans on the krewe's 25th anniversary on Feb. 12, 2018.
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NBA star Anthony Davis rides in the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans as an honorary grand marshal on Feb. 28, 2017.
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Actor Will Forte rides in the Krewe of Orpheus parade during Carnival in New Orleans on Feb. 27, 2017.
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"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump gets ready to ride as a celebrity monarch in the Krewe of Orpheus parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 16, 2015.
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NBA star DeMarcus Cousins rides as an honorary grand marshal in the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans on Feb. 28, 2017.
