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Friday, Feb. 28 – Tuesday, March 4 – Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette – Cajun Field, Lafayette.Carnival rides and games, live music, food vendors, and parades roll through the festival Bayou Mardi Gras Parade is the first Mardi Gras Parade in Acadiana. Kicks off at 2 pm; JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH . FEBRUARY 15, 2025 . Welsh's country run and parade in Welsh; FEBRUARY 22, 2025. Now that we've made it past Twelfth Night, Carnival has begun! Mardi Gras 2024 is February 13. Here's a list of parades and other events planned to celebrate the Carnival season across Acadiana. Here is the 2025 Mardi Gras parade schedule for Acadiana listed parish by parish. (We've thrown in a few courirs and other festivities as well.) ACADIA PARISH. Saturday, Feb. 15 - Rayne Mardi Gras Parade & After Party - The Parade runs on The Boulevard and the After Party is at 206 Frog Festival Drive, Gossen Memorial Park in Rayne. 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm RayneChamber.net ACADIANA, La. — This year’s Mardi Gras is here.The culmination of the 2024 Carnival season will be greeted with all of the usual revelry and celebration as is traditional in Acadiana. Mardi Gras season is coming fast and furious this year. With only three and a half weeks left to go until Fat Tuesday, the Acadiana regions' first parades will start to roll this Saturday, Jan. 20 Here is the 2024 Mardi Gras parade schedule for Acadiana listed parish by parish. (We've thrown in a few courirs and other festivities as well.) ACADIA PARISH. JAN 20 - Rayne Mardi Gras Parade & After Party - The Parade runs on The Boulevard and the After Party is at 206 Frog Festival Drive, Gossen Memorial Park in Rayne. 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm Feb. 15 - Rayne Mardi Gras Parade at 2 p.m. March 2 - Saddle Tramp Rider’s Club Children’s Courir de Mardi Gras Parade in Church Point at 1 p.m. IBERIA PARISH. Feb. 2 - New Iberia Bayou Mardi Gras Parade at 2 p.m. Feb. 23 - Jeanerette Krewe of Ezana Mardi Gras Parade at 11 a.m. March 2 - Grand Marais Mardi Gras Parade at 1 p.m. A full schedule of Mardi Gras events in Acadiana is listed below, by date. Parade routes for Lafayette, Carencro, and Youngsville are also included. If you have an event you would like to add Lafayette, Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade, 1 p.m. Opelousas, Opelousas Imperial Mardi Gras Parade, 11 a.m. Email Ja'kori Madison at jakori.madison@theadvocate.com . Mardi Gras fun that everyone in the family can enjoy kicks off this weekend. Carencro Mardi Gras Parade. To kick things off in great fashion, the Carencro Mardi Gras Association will be holding its 40th annual Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, January 27. The parade will begin at Carencro High School and will end at the Carencro Community Center. Carnival season is here and the first parade kicks off soon. We created a list of parades and chicken runs in Acadiana below. LIST: 2025 Mardi Gras parades in Acadiana - NewsBreak A more complete list of Carnival events can be found here. Friday. Krewe de Canailles Walking Parade. Downtown Lafayette, 7 p.m. Saturday. Lake Arthur Mardi Gras Run & Parade. Lake Arthur. Run Check out the Lafayette Mardi Gras parade schedule which includes information about culture festivals and food & drink festivals as well. Immerse yourself in the food, fun, singing, dancing, festivities, parades and costumes that is Mardi Gras in Lafayette. A group of friends came together in 2005 to form the Krewe of Rio for a new type of Mardi Gras parade. Now the parade rolls two Saturdays before Mardi Gras day. The krewe members and parade embodies the spirit of freedom that permeates Carnival in Rio De Janeiro. The parade follows the traditional parade route for Mardi Gras parades in Lafayette: In Acadiana, Mardi Gras includes everything from the traditional New Orleans-style street parades with floats, marching bands and throws to the Courirs de Mardi Gras, based on medieval carnival 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1 – Krewe of Bonaparte Mardi Gras Parade is scheduled at the intersection of Jefferson and Simcoe Streets, then along the parade route before turning into Cajun Field With the holiday season almost coming to an end, Mardi Gras is right around the corner. EVEN News wants you to be able to plan your Mardi Gras activities in advance; which is why we have put together a list of events around Acadiana. If you have an event you would like to add to this list, email us at news@evennews.net. JanuaryAcadia Parish:JAN 14 - Rayne Chamber of Commerce Mardi Gras Ball Like many Lafayette Mardi Gras events and parades, the festival is coordinated by the Greater Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association (GSW). This year's Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette takes place February 28 – March 4, 2025, at Cajun Field. Greater Southwest Pageant and Grand Ball – 1373 S. College Rd., Lafayette, LA 70503 The city of Youngsville kicked off their season today with their annual Mardi Gras Parade. The parade began at 11 a.m., with the route beginning at Chemin Metairie Road and ending on Iberia Road ne
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