The Big Ears Festival Parade and Street Fair is a free, all-ages event on Saturday, March 26, being held as part of the four-day Big Ears Festival. The New Orleans-inspired, second-line-style parade, including the Cattywampus Puppet Council and Preservation Hall Jazz Band, will begin at 1 p.m. at East Jackson and Willow avenues in the Old City. The route will follow Willow to North Central Street, Central to West Jackson, Jackson to North Gay Street and Gay Street to Depot Avenue and end at The Mill & Mine on Depot Avenue at Ogden Street, where a street party will be held from 4-8 p.m. Roads along the parade route will be closed from 12-3 p.m. Depot Avenue will be closed from 12-10 p.m.