After picking OffBeat founder and published Jan Ramsey as the 2023 Queen, the folks at Krewe du Vieux tread a little lightly when telling her what they had decided on for the theme.

“They were kind of broaching the subject very lightly,” she says. “They said, ‘Well, we’re gonna make the thing, uh, Krewe du Vieux Beats Off. Okay?’” Sh...