Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the French Quarter is celebrated with the 2008 Mardi Gras calendar. The Mardi Gras calendar contains over 50 photographs of the annual celebration. For over150 years, New Orleans has celebrated Mardi Gras. The photographs are of the many events of Mardi Gras from the Mardi Gras Krewes to neighborhood parades. The Mardi Gras Krewes in New Orleans vary from the 2000 member super Krewes to those of only 200 members. The Mardi Gras calendar shows a little of each as well as the many individuals masking and group costumes seen in the French Quarter of New Orleans. On Mardi Gras day , the French Quarter is filled with marching groups, individuals, costume contests and parties. The Mardi Gras calendar shows the variety of the costumes and parades.