Mardi Gras, or Carnival is the celebration beginning on the Twelfth Night of Christmas and leading up to Lent.  There are dozens of parades in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday and plenty of partying and drinking in the streets.  Costumes are incredible and everyone has beads to give, if you “earn” them.  Crowds from around the world pack the French Quarter and the party goes twenty-four hours a day.  If costume watching is your thing, the Fruit Loop is the place to be on Mardi Gras Day.  People wear costumes from the Gay Mardi Gras Krewes’ Balls and they are definitely worth seeing.  Some are so large that two or more people have to help carry them.  The fun and debauchery is unmatched as the attitude of the season is “Let it All Hang Out!"

 

Upcoming MARDI GRAS Dates:

 

 

 

   

2012

 

February 21st

2013

 

February 12th

2014

 

March 4th

2015

 

February 17th

2016

 

February 9th

2017

 

February 28th

2018

 

February 13th