The Jefferson City Buzzards are the oldest marching club in New Orleans Mardi Gras.
[1] Named after the former New Orleans municipality of Jefferson City, the Buzzards have an all-male membership and are headquartered at 5215 Annunciation Street.
Two weeks prior to Mardi Gras, the club holds a "practice parade" in uptown New Orleans dressed in drag.
In August 1958, Armand Hug and His New Orleans Dixielanders made a television appearance on Art Ford's Jazz Party program on WDSU, debuting a new song entitled "The Buzzard Parade" which would eventually become the marching club's signature theme.
The Jefferson City Buzzards are briefly featured in the 1978 documentary 'Always For Pleasure' by Les Blank.