Emeril Lagasse among New Orleans chefs who will ride in NFL Kickoff Parade
 

Emeril Lagasse, Dickie Brennan, Paul Prudhomme, Frank Brigsten, John Besh and Tory McPhail are among more than a dozen New Orleans chefs and restaurateurs who will serve as celebrity riders in the Krewe of NFL Kickoff Parade through the French Quarter before the Saints-Vikings game Thursday (Sept. 9), the NFL announced.

Emeril Lagasse will ride in the NFL Kickoff Parade Thursday.
The parade will feature seven floats, four of them commercially sponsored -- by EA Sports, VISA, Pepsi Max and Snickers, the latter titled "Go Nuts for the NFL."

Eight local bands will march: the United States Marine Corps and Marine Forces Reserve Color Guard; St. Augustine High School; Tulane University; McDonogh 35 High School; Warren Easton Charter High School; Eleanor McMain Secondary School; West Jefferson High School; and Sophie B. Wright Charter Middle School.
The parade begins at 5 p.m. at Esplanade Avenue and South Peters Street and will pass in front of the Jackson Square stage where Taylor Swift and the Dave Matthews Band are scheduled to perform.
The parade and concert will be televised by the NFL Network starting at 6:30 p.m. CDT, and by NBC starting at 7 p.m. CDT, with kickoff scheduled shortly after 7:30 p.m. CDT.

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I hope he's bring the food.

You guys love parades - Don't you?!?!

The only parades people go to up here are the Saint Patrick Day parades