The 2025 Mardi Gras season is just beginning, and Coastal Mississippi is packed full of fun parades and events perfect for incoming visitors. Come along with us as we celebrate the Carnival season! Laissez les bon temps rouler ––"Let the good times roll!" 2025 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule Saturday, February 15 SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! Not sure where to start? We’ve got you covered. Friday, February 28. OCEAN SPRINGS: Ocean Springs Carnival Association Night Parade, 6 p.m. Carnival season kicked off in South MS, with 2025 Mardi Gras parade schedule that includes Biloxi, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs. Fat Tuesday is March 4, 2025, but Mardi Gras parades in Mississippi roll well ahead of the holiday. Here is the schedule, according to Coastal Mississippi and other trusted local sources. The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! advertisement. Biloxi-Gulfport WLOX. 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 Coastal Mississippi is packed full of exciting parades and events to celebrate the Mardi Gras season. Check out our Official 2025 Mardi Gras Guide and our Holiday Celebrations web page for more information and upcoming events! Since 1908, Gulf Coast Carnival Association is Biloxi’s home of Mardi Gras and the Mississippi Coast’s oldest and most prestigious Carnival organization. GCCA leads the way in providing the biggest and greatest free show on the Coast Mardi Gras Day. The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! By WLOX Staff February 25, 2025 at 12:33 pm EST Video SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! Not sure where to start? We’ve got you covered. Saturday, January 4. MOSS POINT: The King’s Parade, 2 p.m. The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! advertisement. Biloxi-Gulfport WLOX. To plan your trip to Coastal Mississippi for Mardi gras 2025, Coastal Mississippi is the organization charged with promoting South Mississippi as a tourism and convention destination worldwide The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! advertisement. Biloxi-Gulfport WLOX. Vancleave – MKOPI Annual Mardi Gras Parade “Thunder on the Bayou” | 1:30 p.m. Long Beach – Annual Long Beach Mardi Gras Parade | 6:00 p.m. Gautier – Gautier Men’s Club Parade & Mardi Gras Tailgate Party | 7:00 p.m. Laurel – Mardi Gras Parade | 5:30 p.m. Sunday, February 23 Waveland – Krewe of Nereids Parade | 12:00 p.m. As Mardi Gras celebrations prepare to take over New Orleans on Tuesday, the South faces a mounting weather threat, with forecasters warning of intense storms that could bring damaging winds, large hail and the potential for tornadoes. A powerful weather system moving east from New Mexico into the Southern Plains will set the stage for these storms. There are plenty of parades and events in towns along the Mississippi Gulf Coast throughout the month. Plan your trip by checking the schedule of events and parades in the Official Coastal Mississippi 2005 Mardi Gras Guide. Oxford Film Festival – February 27-March 2 – Malco Oxford Commons Cinema – Oxford 16th Annual Ocean Springs Night Parade: Presented by the Ocean Springs Carnival Association, this night parade is one of the most anticipated events in Coastal Mississippi for Mardi Gras 2025. Travelers can expect a 7PM start time for an enchanting display and Mardi Gras parade. Ocean Springs, MS, February 28. The 2025 Mardi Gras season is right around the corner, and South Mississippi is packed with fun parades and events for locals and tourists alike! BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - This Mardi Gras season, a ton of beads will be tossed. While it is all a part of the fun, multiple groups are asking community members to recycle unwanted beads. The Mississippi Aquarium is collecting beads that will be repurposed and resold.
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