The Krewe of Endymion announces the entertainment for Mardi Gras’s Main Event in 2025, the Krewe of Endymion Parade and Extravaganza. The 59^th annual Super Krewe will roll down the streets of New Orleans and for the first time since 2019, will parade on its traditional route on St. Charles Avenue, as it heads into the Caesar’s Superdome for the mega-party on Saturday, March 1, 2025. “WE ARE BACK HOME IN THE DOME,” according to Krewe Captain Dan Kelly. Global pop superstar Katy Perry along with multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band Train will headline the Extravaganza along with The Mixed Nuts, Groovy 7, and The Wiseguys.

Since her Capitol Records debut in 2008, Katy Perry has racked up a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks. She is the biggest-selling female artist in Capitol history. Katy is one of only twelve artists in history to have surpassed 100 million certified units with her solo single releases – and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist in RIAA history to earn three RIAA Diamond singles – for “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar.” Since then, she’s added a few more to her collection with “California Gurls,” “E.T,” and both “Teenage Dream” the SINGLE AND ALBUM going Diamond. Katy now has six singles and one album for a total of SEVEN Diamond-certified titles.

Katy’s certified 3x Platinum album, One of the Boys, contained the hits “I Kissed a Girl” (6x Platinum and “Hot N Cold” (8x Platinum), and ranks as one of the best-selling musical albums of all time.

Katy has just wrapped up her critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency, PLAY, and just completed her seventh, and final season as a judge on American Idol.

Train – fronted by Pat Monahan – is a multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band from San Francisco that has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and 13 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Since their formation in 1994, Train has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide, with multiple platinum/gold citations, including three GRAMMY Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, and dozens of other honors.

Train celebrates the 15^th anniversary of their iconic album Save Me, San Francisco (2009) this year, featuring GRAMMY-winning, global hit “Hey, Soul Sister,” which continues to reach new milestones – it was the #1 best-selling smash and most downloaded single of 2010, achieved RIAA Diamond status in 2021 and now 11x platinum, and in 2022 surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.

This past summer, Train took over amphitheaters across the country on a co-headline tour with REO Speedwagon, and most recently, released a new album, Live at Royal Albert Hall, recorded live from their sold-out, debut performance at the iconic and historic Royal Albert Hall in London.

The Theme of the 2025 Endymion Parade is “The Secret Teachings of All Ages.”

Signature floats include The Ed Muniz Founder’s Tribute, Papa Joe’s SS Endymion, Club Endymion, The E-TV Float, which beams live crowd shots on a gigantic 20’ x 9’ LED screen, and the largest float in Mardi Gras, at over 300 feet long, the Pontchartrain Beach, “Then and Now” carrying 270 riders.

Endymion is also unveiling a brand-new float this season honoring its mascot “Endy.” The float will feature LED lighting and carry 120 riders.

For more information and to purchase tickets to the Endymion Extravaganza call the Endymion office at (504) 736-0160.