Pygmalion Fest

Each year, The Krewe Of Pygmalion follows their parade with an incredible concert party called “Pygmalion Fest.” This all-night party has become one of the largest celebrations in the Mardi Gras season, both for locals and guests to New Orleans over Carnival. As Pygmalion is known as “The King of The First Weekend Of Carnival”, Pygmalion Fest is THE event to attend to kick off the Mardi Gras season! In previous years, acts such as DJ Pauly D, G- Eazy, Big Freedia, The Former Ladies Of Chic, The Boogie Wonder Band, The Ying Yang Twins, T-Pain, Cameo, Salt and Pepper, and The Molly Ringwalds have kicked up the party as soon as the parade finishes! This year we welcome Grammy-nominated powerhouse producer, Steve Aoki! He will be joined by The Party Crashers and DJ Rachii. To purchase your tickets to Pygmalion Fest 2025, click HERE.

This year’s Pygmalion Fest headliner is a Grammy-nominated powerhouse producer with an endless list of collaborators from will.i.am and Blink-182 to BTS and Kid Cudi. Known for his love of cake and ruthless cake-throwing, Steve Aoki is no stranger to New Orleans’ famous king cake and ensuing carnival season chaos. He has made appearances during Mardi Gras in 2015 and 2018, and has made a point to stop in the Big Easy amidst his busy international touring schedule.

“This is an exciting year for the Krewe of Pygmalion. Our first year we rolled with roughly 150 members… fast forward 25 years and we now have over 850 men and women. On behalf of the Krewe, we are ready to roll and can’t wait to celebrate our 25th anniversary with Steve Aoki on Pygmalion Saturday. Hail Pygmalion!” – Captain Jack P. Rizzuto