The most radical Mardi Gras festival of its kind!
February 17-22, 2023
New Orleans & Fontainebleu State Park, Mandeville, Louisiana
https://coupdegras.wtf/
For 2023, we plan to go even bigger with Coup de Gras IV: A New Hope. Coup de Gras will once again consist of a five-day C4SS bookfair and unconference alongside the Krewe de Main Mardi Gras Day Ball, but we are also expanding to throw our first ever Coup de Gras Pre-Fest! It will be a traveling pre-fest consisting of a prequel trilogy of shows in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and New Orleans.
The festival itself is free to attend but tickets are available for camping spots at the festival site. We have single day camping tickets or you can save money by buying a camping ticket for the entire week. Sales from these tickets do help us to provide more activities and amenities and put on the best festival possible. Pre-fest shows & Ball are separate events which charge cash at door (age restricted).
Our sliding scale ticketing means that customers pay what they want/can and no one is turned away due to a lack of funds. While our ticketing system does not allow us to sell sliding scale tickets directly on this platform, you can contact us at coupdegras@riseup.net to purchase tickets at any price you name, including $0. So come and celebrate Mardi Gras with us because money should never be a barrier to join in on the fun and every little bit of money we raise helps us to keep going no matter how large or small!!
About Coup de Gras
Coup de Gras is an annual anarchist Mardi Gras celebration thrown by Krewe de Main and the Center for a Stateless Society deep in the bayous of Cajun Country. Equal parts anarchist bookfair and Carnival celebration, Coup de Gras is a yearly camping festival and unconference which aims to bring together libertarian socialist politics and the traditions of Mardi Gras.
Want to speak, vend, or share your art at Coup de Gras? Apply here!
https://agorafest.wordpress.com/apply/
About Krewe de Main
Krewe de Main began in 2019 as the crew of people behind the Coup de Main queer anarchist intentional community but eventually grew beyond that. Today they host an annual Mardi Gras celebration known as Coup de Gras that serves as a cross between an anarchist bookfair and a Mardi Gras celebration and are working to raise the funds to buy their own plot of land in the woods of Southern Louisiana.
2023 Schedule
Anti-Nazi Gaming League Carnival Kickoff Livestream
Jan. 6 – More info soon
Coup de Gras Pre-Fest
Feb. 14 – The Loose Caboose in Lafayette, LA – 18+
Feb. 15 – Yes We Cannibal in Baton Rouge, LA – all ages
Feb. 16 – Pre-Fest in NOLA (venue TBA) – 18+/21+
Coup de Gras IV
Feb. 17-22 – On occupied Chahta Yakni (Choctaw) territory at Fontainebleau State Park, 62883 Hwy. 1089, Mandeville, LA
C4SS Unconference
Fontainebleau State(less) Park, Mandeville, LA
Rather than having a set schedule of discussions, skillshares, and lectures, an unconference relies on the participants to create their own conference experience. This is just a rough outline for when we’ll be on-site versus at parades.
Feb. 17 – Unconference in the morning, parades in the evening
Feb. 18 – Parades in the morning, unconference in the evening
Feb. 19 – Parades in the morning, unconference in the evening
Zulu 28th Annual Lundi Gras Festival
Feb. 20 – 10-5pm, Woldenberg Park, New Orleans, LA
Krewe de Main Ball
Feb. 21 – Pelican Pub, 1756 Front St., Slidell, LA
Direct Action Day
Feb. 22 – Direct Action TBA
Official event trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNV7Q5ca8vA
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