Truck Parade of ​Crescent City©
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We are extremely proud of each and every truck that rolls under the Crescent City name.
As a special treat, we have listed the top 3 trucks and their themes for each year starting with 2011. We hope they inspire you to come up with a great design!
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We also have a slideshow of the top ten trucks of last year (2024)!
2025 Top Three:
2024 Top Three:
First: Truck #1
Theme: Hey Good Looking, What You Got Cooking?
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Second: Truck #4
Theme: Looney Gras
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #35
Theme: The Lion King: The Circle of Life
Crew: The Bike Life/Westbank Night Riders
First: Truck #1
Theme: Yabba Dabba Do
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Second: Truck #2
Theme: The Melons in Town for Mardi Gras
Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club
Third: Truck #11
Theme: King Tut at Mardi Gras
Crew: Robateau Family
2023 Top Three:
2022 Top Three:
First: Truck #2
Theme: You Got a Friend in Me
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Second: Truck #32
Theme: Lion King
Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club
Third: Truck #1
Theme: It's Mardi Gras, We're Having a Whale of a Time
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
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First: Truck #2
Theme: Rio to Mardi Gras
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Second: Truck #1
Theme: Winter Wonderland
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Third: Truck #19
Theme: Audubon Zoo Goes Hollywood
Crew: Krewe of Good Time
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2021 Top Three:
2020 Top Three:
COVID. NO MARDI GRAS.
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First: Truck #1
Theme: Just Clowning Around
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Second: Truck #2
Theme: Princess and the Frog
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #16
Theme: It's a Buzzing Lightyear on Mardi Gras
Crew: Over the Hill 4 Carnival Club
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2019 Top Three:
2018 Top Three:
First: Truck #2
Theme: Birds of a Feather
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Second: Truck #8
Theme:Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #1
Theme: Spider Gras in the City
Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Clubival Club
First: Truck #4
Theme: Scooby Gras
Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Club
Second: Truck #9
Theme: We Back 'Em All
Crew: Family Tradition Carnival Club
Third: Truck #3
Theme: Skeletons from the Grave Rolling Down the Streets fo
New Orleans
Crew: Over the Hill II Carnival Clubi
2017 Top Three:
2016 Top Three:
First: Truck #2
Theme: Ice Age Mardi Gras
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Second: Truck #1
Theme: NOLA Express at Mardi Gras
Crew: Big Timers Carnival Club
Third: Truck #4
Theme: A Mardi Gras Hay Ride
Crew: Over the Hill II Carnival Clubival Club
First: Truck #5
Theme: Star Wars Landing in the Big Easy
Crew: Big Timers Carnival Club
Second: Truck #2
Theme: Mardi Gras Heroes
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #7
Theme: It's a Simpson Great Time on Mardi Gras
Crew: Over the Hill IV Carnival Club
2015 Top Three:
2014 Top Three:
First: Truck #10
Theme: Party Gras with the Minions
Crew: King of Dreams Carnival Club
Second: Truck #1
Theme: Happy Feet on Carnival Street
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #16
Theme: Witches Flying and Creepin Thru Mardi Gras Cemetary
Crew: Over the Hill V Carnival Club
First: Truck #1
Theme: My First Mardi Gras
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Second: Truck #14
Theme: A Pirates Life
Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club
Third: Truck #25
Theme: Catch Me If You Can
Crew: Family Intuition Carnival Club
2013 Top Three:
First: Truck #1
Theme: Gator Bait
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Second: Truck #4
Theme: Big Timers Circus at Mardi Gras
Crew: Big Time Carnival Club
Third: Truck #21
Theme: Under the Big Top
Crew: Friends Unlimited Carnival Club
2012 Top Three:
First: Truck #2
Theme: Diving Into Mardi Gras
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Second: Truck #1
Theme: Reaping Into The Darkness
Crew: Krewe of Kool Breeze
Third: Truck #3
Theme: We're Off The See The Wizard
Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club
2011 Top Three:
First: Truck # Unknown
Theme: Float Like an Egyptian
Crew: Krewe of Kool Breeze
Second: Truck #Unknown
Theme: You Light 'Em, We Fight 'Em
Crew: Family Ties Carnival Club
Third: Truck #Unknown
Theme: Under the Sea
Crew: Family Traditions Carnival Club