11th Annual Jesters’ Reaux-de-Eaux Second Line at Manolito – New Orleans, LA

Bring your family and friends to be celebrities for a day in their own parade where they are the stars!

Already on our eleventh year, join your Texas Knights of Babylon for a family friendly Western-themed Second Line parade around the French Quarter on the Friday of Mardi Gras weekend! Any buckaroos of all ages are welcome.

The Jesters’ Reaux-de-Eaux will parade along with the Storyville Stompers brass band, so bring your leftover beads, wear your boots and cowboy hats, and prepare for a rootin’ tootin’ good time!

This year, we decided to give back to the New Orleans Community that has welcomed so many of us by donating a portion of of the proceeds from the Jesters’ Reaux-de-Eaux to The Saint Michael Special School of New Orleans which provides special education to those individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities from six years old through adulthood. There will also be a space for an optional additional donation to the Saint Michael Special School when you register.

We’ll meet up at 508 Dumaine for a welcome reception to kick off the event from the good folks at Manolito and then begin our wagon train stroll through the quarter for all onlookers to bask in our glory!

All you need to bring is your western duds, and we’ll handle the rest! We’ll have plenty of fancy cowboy beads to wear and throw! We’ll feed you, with Manolito cranking out party trays of the the best Cubanos this side of Havana. We’ll also wet your whistle with a tasty beverage to get you ready for parading amongst the revelers. The band will settle in the middle of the Second Line group so that everyone participating can hear the swinging sounds of the Stompers.

Participation is $85 per person and includes:

• Storyville Stompers Brass Band accompaniment w/ police escort
• High-fallutin’ western-themed beads to wear and throw
• 11th annual Jesters’ Reaux-de-Eaux commemorative gift
• Pre-party @ Manolito with Cubanos and rum punch (spirit-free punch available)
• A donation to help the Saint Michael Special School
• Your very own chance to be a celebrity!

The pre-party will start at 3:00 PM and the parade will depart from outside Manolito at 508 Dumaine promptly at 4:00 PM. We will conclude by 5:00 PM by Jackson Square at 699 Chartres. Route can be seen here. Please arrive by 3:00 PM to get checked in, and grab some viddles and firewater.

Past year participants have added their own tradition of decorating cowboy hats to pass out to the onlookers that were a huge hit. Feel free to do the same and make these embellished hat our signature Reaux-de-Eaux throw!

This event will reach capacity, so please do not wait on signing up! Price for admission will increase to $95 starting one week before the event on 2/6/2026.

Yee haw! See you there!