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Mardi Gras Dates New Orleans’ BIG annual event, Mardi Gras, is always the day before Ash Wednesday which itself is always forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). But to simplify matters for carnival historians–and for those eager to partake in the revelries to come–here is a list of dates for Mardi Gras celebrations back to 1947 as well as for the years through 2050. Pass a good Mardi Gras 2030: March 5, 2030; When Was Mardi Gras in Previous Years? Here are the dates when Mardi Gras fell in previous years, going back to 2007: Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, which takes place March 4, marks the party’s climax and the end of Carnival Season on the Gulf Coast. The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final day of feasting and revelry before the solemnity of Lent. When is Mardi Gras 2025? This year, Mardi Gras, which translates from French to "Fat Tuesday," is on March 4. Ash Wednesday is on March 5, the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season Mardi Gras parades have been an annual tradition in Lafayette since 1934. Recent attendance on Mardi Gras day has been estimated as high as 250,000 by police spokespersons. The first formal Mardi Gras ball and parade in Lafayette dates back to 1869. In 1897, King Attakapas, the first Lafayette Mardi Gras king was crowned. While about a third of all Mardi Gras events typically see rainfall, locals don't recall a single instance of Fat Tuesday being postponed or canceled due to weather. Climatological data shows that the rainiest Mardi Gras day occurred on March 1, 1927, when 2.12 inches of precipitation fell, and nearly a third of events experienced some rainfall. Also sometimes referred to as Carnival or Carnival Day, Mardi Gras is always scheduled 47 days preceding Easter (the 40 days of Lent plus seven Sundays). Future Mardi Gras Dates. 2026 – February 17 2027 – February 9 2028 – February 29 2029 – February 13 2030 – March 5 2031 – February 25 2032 – February 10 On March 2, 1699, French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville arrived at a plot of ground 60 miles directly south of New Orleans, and named it "Pointe du Mardi Gras" when his men realized it was the eve of the festive holiday. Bienville also established "Fort Louis de la Louisiane" (which is now Mobile) in 1702. The last time Mardi Gras was on its earliest-possible day - Feb. 3 - was in 1818, but New Orleans was still about 50 years away from its first Mardi Gras parade. Fat Tuesday will not fall that Mardi Gras 2025 will fall on Tuesday, March 4. Rex, one of the oldest Mardi Gras krewes, has been participating in parades since 1872 and established purple, gold and green as the iconic Mardi On March 1, the first-ever “Mardi Gras in East Midtown” will have 11 restaurants in Manhattan [+] offering New Orleans-inspired food and drink. Mardi Gras is heavily associated with New Mardi Gras is synonymous with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The parades have been canceled only 13 times in NOLA since 1857. Mobile is the birthplace of America's original Mardi Gras. That's right, Mardi Gras originated in 1703 right here in our port city. It was revived after the Civil War when citizen Joe Cain, fed up with post-war misery, led an impromptu parade down city streets. We've been doing it ever since and we mark the annual occasion with majestic parades Festivities continue until the actual day of Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. He's 18 months old and has already been on 10 flights. it's that "no one has ever seen anything like what we saw The combined parade routes covered 301 miles and the processions were on the street for 204 hours. In 2000, it was estimated that more than one billion dollars in spending was tied to Mardi Gras. When Is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is scheduled 47 days before Easter, and can occur on any Tuesday from February 3rd to March 9th. Since 1867, Mardi Gras has been a part of Galveston’s story, bringing the island to life with dazzling parades, elaborate costumes, and unforgettable celebrations. Today, Mardi Gras! Galveston continues that tradition with over 25 parades, high-energy festivities, and endless ways to celebrate. The Super Sunday Mardi Gras Indian parade rolls in Central City in New Orleans, Sunday, March 24, 2024. The parade, which begins and ends at A.L. Davis Park, highlights the connection between This iconic, turquoise-and-white Victorian mansion in the Garden District has been serving up world-class Creole cuisine for over 130 years—and keeping paradegoers well-hydrated in the most Since its inception in 1857 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been canceled or massively scaled back 14 other times, according to the Historic New Orleans Collection Arthur Hardy has forgotten more about Carnival than most people will ever know. Such is the depth of knowledge, and the passion, of a New Orleans-born boy whose fascination with
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