The streets are still busy for the trad jazz flavoured sounds from the various stages, but the Mardi Gras is now more of a warm-up for the following day's Edinburgh Carnival, which includes Parades, music and dance in West Princes Street Gardens. Mardi Gras 2024 performers lined up are: Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 in Edinburgh with a range of lively events, including mardi gras parades, parties, live music, and delicious food. Join in the celebration and let the good times roll! This year, different parades will take place inside the Garden itself. Parades start on the path East Side of the Ross band stand and then continue through to the other side to an end point on the west of the Ross band stand. Carnival Parade 2024 Times & Performing artists and Groups. Noon Parade: Latin American Community Association of Edinburgh Edinburgh is to revive its “Festival Carnival" along Princes Street and a “Mardi Gras” event in the Grassmarket to herald the start of the the 75th-anniversary season of the city’s annual Nurture Through Nature with Children’s Books, Museum of Edinburgh, 19 Apr – 8 Sep The World of King James VI and I , Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 26 Apr – 14 Sep Your Art World , Scottish National Gallery, 10 May – 2 Nov Founded in 1978, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is now one of the largest and most respected jazz and blues festivals in Europe - shaped by the city with 130 concerts taking place in theatres, parks and clubs in the city and a programme that spans the entire history of the music from ragtime to modern jazz to Chicago blues and beyond. Edinburgh Carnival Parade The free street extravaganza involves about 750 performers, including African drummers, Balkan swirling pipes, Chinese dragons, stilt-walkers, and street theatre. The parade starts at 1:30 pm and heads from The Mound to West Princes Street Gardens, where it is followed by live music, drumming, dance, and kids' activities. Highlights of the EJBF are the free Mardi Gras, with live bands playing in the Grassmarket on the first Saturday of the festival. The free Edinburgh Festival Carnival also opens on the first Sunday of the Jazz Festival, with a colourful, 800-strong parade down The Mound to Princes Street Gardens. With a New Orleans carnival vibe, that reflects First up there’s the Mardi Gras in the capital’s Grassmarket area, where the spirit of New Orleans is well and truly transported across the pond for an afternoon of fantastic hot pumping jazz music. Crowds come in their thousands to be entertained by the sights and sounds of this fantastic party, and entertainment there most certainly is The Golden Eagles play 'Slammin' in the Edinburgh Mardi Gras Parade on Sat July 26 enroute to the Grassmarket 2025 Northshore Mardi Gras Parade Schedule Below is the 2025 Mardi Gras parade schedule for the Northshore (Covington, Slidell, Mandeville, etc). If you are looking for the Jefferson Parish / Metairie parade schedule, click here. The New Orleans parade schedule is available here. If you are looking for Mardi Gras parades in Houma or other First up there’s the Mardi Gras in the capital’s Grassmarket area, where the spirit of New Orleans is well and truly transported across the pond for an afternoon of fantastic hot pumping jazz music. Crowds come in their thousands to be entertained by the sights and sounds of this fantastic party, and entertainment there most certainly is The first Mardi Gras parade in the Shreveport-Bossier area will be held on Feb. 17. Check out the full schedule below to catch your Krewe in action for 2025. Mardi Gras Parade Schedule. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. 2025 Krewe of Lafitte Illuminated Mardi Gras Parade – Pensacola February 28, 2025, 7:30PM Downtown Pensacola For applications visit Here is a list of your 2025 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. If you don’t see your parade listed here, please email us at news@wxxv25.com and we will add it to the lineup. Jan. 4 2 pm — King’s Parade, Main Street, Moss Point Jan. 25 1:30 pm — Krewe of Waggus Mardi Gras Pet Pawrade, Pass Christian 3 PM: Mystic Mutts of Revelry Mardi Gras Dog Parade 6:30 PM: Knights of Ecor Rouge Mardi Gras Parade. February 28 6:45 PM: Maids of Jubilee Mardi Gras Parade. March 3 14th Annual Hattiesburg Caerus Mardi Gras Parade. Saturday, March 1 – 2 p.m. Midtown; Keith’s Superstore and Mississippi Made & More Present the 14th Annual Caerus Mardi Gras Parade. The parade route will travel along Hardy Street in front of The University of Southern Mississippi, all the way to N 39th Ave. Saturday, February 1. 1 p.m. – Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island) Saturday, February 8. 1 p.m. – Dauphin Island People’s Parade (Dauphin Island) Krewe of Harambee. February 17, 2025 Downtown Shreveport Celebrate unity and diversity at the Krewe of Harambee Parade, a beloved tradition honoring African-American culture with vibrant floats, soulful music, and infectious energy.
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