02/01/2023
Cats outta the bag babies!! We are so grateful that we will be at , helping with production and adorning/designing some floats for the parade!❤️⚔️🌈
We are immensely grateful to the Krewe team for including us in this magical celebration of life and culture. 🙏🏽
Our first major project of the year! NoLA, here we come!🌹
About Krewe Du Kanaval:
Krewe du Kanaval is not just a weekend, it is a year-round community dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the deep Haitian roots that have enriched New Orleans’ cultural identity and traditions for hundreds of years.
The spark that inspired the creation of the Krewe came from a fundraising event series our founding non-profit KANPE produced in Montreal starting in 2013. KANPE was founded in 2010 by two women in Montreal of Haitian origin Regine Chassagne and Dominique Anglade.
After a KANPE-led visit to Haiti by New Orleans institution Preservation Hall Foundation in the Summer of 2015, that spark was building into a blaze. At KANPE’s February 2017 Kanaval at Montreal’s SAT Center, Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed alongside David Byrne, Saul Williams and Arcade Fire for a sold out audience in the middle of a blizzard.
In 2018, the Krewe du Kanaval was formed in New Orleans as a community engagement program of the Preservation Hall Foundation and held a walking parade through the Treme neighborhood, a free community concert in Congo Square, and a ball at the club One Eyed Jacks in the French Quarter. 2018’s King and Queen were Charlie Gabriel and singer Irma Thomas.