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Organized in 1874, the Knights of Revelry is the third oldest Mardi Gras parading group in Mobile, Alabama. From the start, KOR has paraded during the day on Fat Tuesday. In the earliest years, the KOR emblem float had folly dancing on a golden goblet between two crescent moons. In later years, the cup became a champagne glass. This year, KOR will rolled on Mardi Gras Day, of course, March 4, at 12:30 p.m. The theme will be The Gold Standard. The parade will include 14 floats, designed by Mark Calametti and built by Ben Kaiser's Mirth Artists, plus three floats rented from the Crewe of Columbus. Be a part of the historic celebration that has been in Mobile since 1703. Mardi Gras celebrations begin two and a half weeks before Fat Tuesday and the Port City comes to life. Elaborate themed floats manned by masked mystic societies, mounted police and marching bands wind through downtown Mobile and surrounding areas, entertaining nearly a million revelers The USS Mobile ship sponsor, Rebecca Byrne, placed a KOR doubloon into the ship during the mast stepping ceremony in 2020. A KOR executive committee member said, “This is a unique and special connection between the Navy, the USS Mobile, our beloved port city, and our Mardi Gras society, and we wanted to highlight how much this means to us. Mardi Gras This is for all things Mardi Gras related along the Gulf Coast. Local Businesses If you live in the Mobile, Alabama region and you’re looking for a certain type of business, this is the category for you. KOR Mardi Gras Parade Mobile. 7:00 Band Room Opens 7:45 Depart for Claiborne Street Mobile AL 10:00 Arrive at Parade Route *Unload/ Get dressed/ Warmup 12:30-2:30 Parade Mardi Gras is in full swing and three parades rolled this evening in downtown Mobile. Order of Inca and Order of Kahos parades kicked off Friday night Updated : Feb. 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM CST The CCA, renamed the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA) in the 1970s, set up a voting system that allowed members to elect a "mayor" to serve as grand marshal of their parades. The African American celebration has its own king, named Elixis. The first king of Mobile's African American Mardi Gras was Mobile politician Alex Herman. The History Of Mardi Gras. From its beginning in 1874 in Mobile, Alabama, through good times, bad times, easy times, tough times. Reorganizing, rebuilding, strengthening and moving on through 138 years of outstanding preeminence, the Knights of Revelry have evolved into a singular and unique Mardi Gras society, presenting unforgettable, exceptional parades, receptions, and balls throughout the My experience with Mobile’s Mardi Gras is somewhat limited: In 2023, the first year I was in Alabama for Mardi Gras, I came down with COVID-19 and had to miss several days of celebration. Last Mobile Real-Time News; Mardi Gras tradition: Folly passes by, swinging painted pig and cow bladders. Published: ; Feb. 05, 2018, 1:39 p.m. Segregation in Mobile’s Mardi Gras . Parts of Mobile’s Mardi Gras celebrations continue to have long-standing customs that date back to the days of segregation. (We have no written or direct knowledge of this other than what we can see and experience as observers). The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (formerly named the Colored Carnival Mobile Carnival Museum. The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile MOBILE, Alabama -- The "Show Me Your Gown!" photo gallery series ends the 2012 Mobile Mardi Gras season with well over 100 photos of the hats worn by the ladies attending this year's KOR Reception. Mobile, Alabama is the mother of mystics, the original birthplace of Mardi Gras as we know it! Each year, the city and its surrounding communities come together for weeks of parades, masked balls, MoonPies and merry-making leading up to Fat Tuesday, a season that is collectively known as Mardi Gras. - February 19, 2025 -For Immediate Release Preparing For A Cleaner, Greener Mardi GrasMobile, Ala. —?Carnival Season Brings Thousands Of Revelers Downtown To Enjoy Parades, Balls, And Other Festivities. It Also Brings Thousands Of Pounds Of Trash, Most Of Which Ends Up On Our Streets And Sidewalks, And Far Too Much Of Which Enters The Storm Drains And Eventually Our Waterways. A Few Years Parade Schedule: Mobile Mardi Gras 2023 Friday, February 3. 6:30 p.m. – Conde Cavaliers – Route A Saturday, February 4. 2 p.m. – Bayport Parading Society / Mystic DJ Riders – Route A 6:30 The KOR’s use cow bladders. Why? Mobile Mardi Gras 2025 Parade Routes Mobile News; Baldwin County News; Pensacola News; Mobile Pensacola Weather; Sports; Video Center; Be a part of the historic celebration that has been in Mobile since 1703. Mardi Gras celebrations begin two and a half weeks before Fat Tuesday and the Port City comes to life. Elaborate themed floats manned by masked mystic societies, mounted police and marching bands wind through downtown Mobile and surrounding areas, entertaining nearly a million revelers Mobile area native and graduate of St. Paul’s Episcopal School, Lady Richlyn Sydney Pugh is thrilled to be serving on the court of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association as the 2023 Queen. Richlyn is the daughter of Mr. Richard Pugh and Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Frances Johnson, and the first of her family to have been chosen for such a
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