The Super Sunday Festival returns Friday through Sunday, March 13–15, 2026, celebrating its 44th year as one of New Orleans’ most vibrant cultural traditions. Hosted by R.E.A.L. and the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council, this FREE three-day festival honors the historic tradition of “Super Sunday,” held annually on the third Sunday in March.

Throughout the weekend, Mardi Gras Indian tribes from across the New Orleans area will gather to celebrate their rich and diverse cultural heritage. The surrounding area of LaSalle & Washington will come alive with live music stages, authentic New Orleans food vendors, beverages, retail vendors, official festival merchandise, and more. 

Super Sunday

12pm: Festival Opens 
1pm: Strut Begins in front of the Mardi Gras Indian Council Campus (2608 LaSalle Street).

The procession will be led by: Young Men Olympian (YMO), Lady Buckjumpers,  Prince of Wales Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Mahogany Blue Baby Dolls, N’Awlins D’Awlins Baby Dolls, Creole Cutie Baby Dolls, plus Many other Baby Dolls groups, Village Brass Band, and Keep It Rolling Brass Band. 
The strut continues down LaSalle Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., left onto Claiborne Avenue, left onto Washington Avenue, and concludes at historic A.L. Davis Park—culminating in a powerful display of the “Pretty Pretty Mardi Gras Indians” who proudly “Won’t Bow Down.”

Music Lineup

R&B Stage: DJ Irie Spins, BRW, Piano Man G, Young Pinstripes Brass Band
Indian Stage: DJ Skip, Captain Charles, and multiple Mardi Gras Indian Tribes
Block Party Stage (2800 Block of LaSalle St.): DJ Jubilee & Friends
MGIC Porch (2608 LaSalle St.): DJ Slick