Mardi Gras Season Starts Here! Jan. 6. BOS Family Winter Carnival and Shoebox Float Gallery. JAN 18. February Fords Gin Scavenger Hunt. FEB. 8. Cajun Cook-Off. FEB. 15. Run For Your Beads 5K. FEB. 22. Verizon Taste of Soulard. FEB. 22-23. Purina Pet Parade. FEB. 23. Tito’s Vodka Wiener Dog Derby. FEB. 23. Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball. FEB. 28 ST. LOUIS — Mardi Gras celebrations begin Friday, culminating in a Fat Tuesday party next week. From Soulard to Granite City, here’s where you can join the party in the St. Louis area. The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball will take place Friday, Feb. 28, at Anheuser-Busch Tour Center beginning at 7 p.m Mardi Gras flag, which will proudly fly over Soulard until Fat Tuesday, March 4. Schedule January 6, 2025 5:15 p.m. Doors open at the South Broadway Athletic Club, 2301 S 7th St. 5:30 p.m. Welcome from Mayor Tishaura Jones 5:35 p.m. Board receives petitions 6:45 p.m. Board proclaims decision on 2025 Mardi Gras Season Mardi Gras is a big deal in St. Louis – our French connection runs deeper than just the street names. Get ready for a weekend full of celebrations, from parades to parties, all filled with plenty of food and drink. It all leads up to Fat Tuesday on March 4 – here are 10 spots hosting celebrations in and around St. Louis. Welcome to Soulard Mardi Gras! Home of the Bud Light Grand Parade, Purina Pet Parade, and much more. 2025 calendar of events. January. Jan. 6 / 12th Night. When is Mardi Gras 2025? Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, is on Tuesday, March 4 this year. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. Floats in the Rex parade roll along St. Charles Avenue St. Louis, named after French royalty and once dubbed 'The Paris of the West,' celebrates Mardi Gras with grandeur, especially in the Soulard neighborhood, named after the city's founder, Antoine Soulard. The Soulard Mardi Gras kicks off with Twelfth Night on January 6 and continues through Fat Tuesday. If Fat Tuesday is on Tuesday, March 4, that means Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent falls on Wednesday, March 5. The 40-day observance ends on Thursday, April 17. When is Easter in 2025? Mardi Gras in New Orleans, also known as Carnival, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from What date is Mardi Gras 2025? Why is it Fat Tuesday? Paczkis, Holy Week schedule, Easter, Lent. Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star. Tue, February 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM UTC. 4 min read. This year’s Mardi Gras parade marked the 45th in St. Louis history. It’s the headliner of a five-week-long celebration in Soulard leading up to “Fat Tuesday,” the Mardi Gras observance 1:30 PM | D'Iberville - North Bay Mardi Gras Association Parade. Monday, March 3 5:30 PM | Bay St. Louis - Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse Lundi Gras Parade. Tuesday, March 4, Mardi Gras 1 PM | Bay St. Louis - Krewe of Real People 1 PM | Biloxi - Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras Parade Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival will once again deliver five days of music, mayhem and Mardi Gras across Hastings and St Leonards this February 28 to March 4. The five day town wide celebration will present over 350 free gigs, gatherings, parties and parades alongside ticketed events, with internationally acclaimed artists from across the globe appearing alongside a wealth of local bands. 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 St. Louis’ Mardi Gras attendance peaked around 500,000 people in 1999, he said, and that was across all of the Mardi Gras events, which start with 12th Night on Jan. 6 and end on Fat Tuesday. 4. You shouldn’t pick up beads off the ground and wear them. Fat Tuesday is March 4, 2025, but Mardi Gras parades in Mississippi roll well ahead of the holiday. Bay St. Louis Sunday, Feb. 23. 12 p.m. — Krewe of Nereids Parade; Monday, March 3. Fat Tuesday, March 4. This year, Grand Parade Day is Saturday, March 1. Details on all Soulard Mardi . Gras events can be found at . STLMardiGras.org. Mardi Gras, Inc., a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization, is responsible for producing the Mardi Gras . celebration in St. Louis, which celebrates its 46th year in 2025. A girl catches a headband during the Krewe of Nereids Mardi Gras parade on Highway 90 in Bay St. Louis on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. 2025 Feb 28, 2025; 2 min to read Night through Fat Tuesday This year’s Mardi Gras parade marked the 45th in St. Louis history. It’s the headliner of a five-week-long celebration in Soulard leading up to “Fat Tuesday,” the Mardi Gras observance that is recognized on March 4 this year. Soulard’s Mardi Gras festivities generate around $20 million each year for the local economy. Nearly one On Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 13, there will be King Cake and free appetizer coupons if you find the baby, along with live music from Bob Case and the Wild Accusations. 512 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, 314.367.3644, evangelinesstl.com. Mardi Gras in Tower Grove Park
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