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Mobile Carnival poster from 1900. Floats lining up for an Order of Inca parade in 2007. Mardi Gras is the annual Carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama.It is the oldest official Carnival celebration in the United States, started by Frenchman Nicholas Langlois in 1703 when Mobile was the capital of Louisiana. Although The Big Easy in Louisiana is perhaps best-known for its Mardi Gras revelry, the port city of Mobile, Alabama, founded in 1702 by French settlers, lays claim to being the city that first The Best Places To Celebrate Mardi Gras In The U.S. | Time Out. 1 min read Mobile Mardi Gras | Mobile, Alabama The first actual Mardi Gras celebration in the US took place in Mobile, Ala. in 1703, and it was a city clerk named Joe Cain History of Mardi Gras In 1703, Mobile, Alabama was the first city recorded to have the oldest organized Mardi Gras in the U.S., according to Curious Cuisiniere. "The first documented celebration of modern-day carnival, what people think of as carnival in the United States is historically without a doubt began in Mobile. Mobile's Mardi Gras celebration was the first in America and remains an important part of Alabama's Gulf Coast culture. Mardi Gras was first observed when Mobile was a French colony, a century before the founding of Alabama. Today, thousands of Alabamians and visitors come to Mobile annually to participate in the various parades, which are [] Mardi Gras was observed for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement of Mobile way back in 1703. And it only grew from there. They say the first Mardi Gras celebration in America took place in 1703, when a group of French soldiers held an impromptu celebration in the settlement of Mobile. Their proof is in the fact that, not more than a year later, Frenchmen Nicholas Langlois established a Carnival organization called the Societe de Saint Louis which held their masked Mardi Gras in the Port City dates back to 1703 (New Orleans’ version became popular in the 1730s), when New World French explorers had a celebration at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement in what is now Mobile. The original “parade” took place on Dauphin Street (a major thoroughfare where the festivities still happen today) in In 1702, Bienville founded “Fort Louis de la Louisiane,” which is today’s Mobile. The tiny community of Fort Louis de la Mobile hosted the first Mardi Gras in America in 1703. Mobile founded a secret organization (Masque de la Mobile) in 1704, identical to the present Mardi Gras krewes. It lasted until 1709 when it was abolished. A ny mention of Mardi Gras in the US usually makes people think of New Orleans. While the Big Easy has the biggest and most famous Mardi Gras party, the first official Mardi Gras in the US actually took place in Mobile, Alabama, in 1703. Mobilians are proud of being the location for America’s first Mardi Gras. When Is Mardi Gras In Mobile Alabama? The 2025 Mardi Gras celebration in the City of Mobile, Alabama begins on February 14 and continues through March 4, marking the city’s grand carnival season. This festive period stands as a testament to the rich history of Mobile Alabama Mardi Gras, dating back to 1703 when the tradition first started here. Only two societies have public coronations: Mobile Carnival Association and the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA) MAMGA held its first parade in 1939 and presented its first royal court MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Mobile has announced on its City of Mobile-Government Facebook site some parking rates in Mobile have gone down for the rest of the Mardi Gras season. Here is the Experience: Carnival, the extended Mardi Gras season, is Mobile, Alabama’s, greatest living tradition. First introduced to the United States in Mobile by the French in the early 18 th Century, Mobile is the original home to Mardi Gras in the US. The celebrations are increasing grander and more diverse with each passing year. The William and Emily Hearin Mobile Mardi Gras Museum opens in Mobile at 355 Government St.--Mobile, AL Also a new parading society is formed, the Conde Explorers. This is the first African American society to parade at night in Mobile. Mardi Gras Digest.Com expands it's coverage to include the entire gulf coast of the U.S. In 1703, Mobile, Alabama was the first city recorded to have the oldest organized Mardi Gras in the U.S., according to Curious Cuisiniere. "The first documented celebration of modern-day carnival Julian Rayford, the famed folklorist whose efforts created the modern-day Joe Cain Day celebration during Mobile's Mardi Gras, speaks during the 1980 event in Bienville Square in downtown Mobile It depends on who you’re talking to and what you consider to be a "real celebration," but some historians will tell you that the Alabama celebration was actually known as Boeuf Gras– not Mardi Gras – and that early parades held in Mobile tended to take place around New Year's Day and on Aug. 25, the feast day of St. Louis. Jeff Johnson of Fat Lincoln unloads band gear outside Veet's before downtown Mobile's first parade of the 2025 Mardi Gras season on Feb. 14, 2025. Lawrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.com First Mardi Gras: Not in New Orleans?|History Channel. Feb. 03, 2020 LESLEY KENNEDY. One South Water Street Mobile, AL 36602 251-208-2000. #VisitMobile
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