Mobile-area Mardi Gras balls and receptions for 2025: NOTE: This is the copyrighted property of Mobile Mask. If you wish to reproduce it, email Mobile Mask for permission at editor@mobilemask.com Saturday, January 11 Massacre Island Secret Society (Fort Gaines) Queens With Dreams (The Grounds) Friday, January 17 Port City Secondliners (The Grounds) Mardi Gras parades will start rolling through the streets of downtown Mobile on Feb. 14 with the Conde Cavaliers. Most Mardi Gras organizations have balls that go along with the theme of their parade. SEE ALSO: Mobile Mardi Gras Parade Schedule 2025. MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — City of Mobile releases information on Mardi Gras parking. Courtesy of Mobile Mask www.mobilemask.com. Saturday, January 11. Massacre Island Secret Society (Fort Gaines) Queens With Dreams (The Grounds) Friday, January 17. Port City Secondliners (The Grounds) Saturday The Grand Marshal's Ball is not only a grand affair, it is the biggest party on the Gulf Coast during Mardi Gras weekend. It is ALWAYS held the Friday night prior to Fat Tuesday! Our 2025 Grand Marshals Ball will be held on Friday, February 28,2025 at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center. Start your Mardi Gras adventure in Mobile at the Mobile Carnival Museum. The Mobile Carnival Museum highlights the history of Mardi Gras in its true birthplace - Mobile, Alabama. The museum features 14 galleries, video presentations, a pictorial hallway and an interactive float area - all in a restored historic mansion. 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. 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. MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — MOBILE PARADE ROUTES. OTHER PARADE ROUTES. MARDI GRAS BALLS SCHEDULE. City of Mobile releases information on Mardi Gras parking. Thursday, January 23. 12:30 pm Pass Christian - Mardi Gras Community King Cake Tasting. Saturday, February 8. 10:00 am Biloxi - Children's Mardi Gras Walking Parade Mobile Mardi Gras is family-friendly! It is the perfect reason to plan a visit to southern Alabama. There are over 40 parades that roll through downtown Mobile during the two and half weeks before Fat Tuesday. Day 1 Mobile, Alabama Mardi Gras. We drove to Mobile from Gulf Shores, which is about an hour's drive. The Mobile Mystics Mardi Gras organization was founded in May of 1993, with hopes of having a Mardi Gras parade during the 1994 season. The charter membership was comprised of 52 members, who quickly obtained use of Mardi Gras floats and made plans to stage their first parade. The Mobile Mask has created a list of the Mardi Gras ball’s dates and locations. Mobile Mardi Gras 2024: Ball Schedule by: Summer Poole. Posted: Jan 6, 2024 / 06:48 PM CST. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — King cake, parades, and beads are some of the most popular parts of the Mardi Gras celebration. The organizations that hold parades also hold balls for their members whe Start your Mardi Gras adventure in Mobile at the Mobile Carnival Museum. The Mobile Carnival Museum highlights the history of Mardi Gras in its true birthplace - Mobile, Alabama. The museum features 14 galleries, video presentations, a pictorial hallway and an interactive float area - all in a restored historic mansion. These designated Mardi Gras parking areas will be available on all parade days, opening two hours before the first parade and remaining staffed until 11 p.m. Security will be on-site after hours to ensure that those attending Mardi Gras balls or other events in the downtown area can access their vehicles after 11 p.m. on parade days. “The Art and Design of Mardi Gras, ” organized in partnership with the History Museum of Mobile and the Mobile Carnival Museum, is open through May 3 at the Mobile Museum of Art, 4850 Museum Drive in West Mobile. A stunning display of all things Carnival and what’s required behind the scenes to make the magic happen. Event in Mobile, AL by Mobile Mystics on Saturday, February 3 2024 with 577 people interested and 556 people going. 537 posts in the discussion. Mobile Mystics Mardi Gras Ball 2024 Facebook Watch the full parade in the video player above. Download the WKRG News 5 app to get alerts when we stream Mardi Gras parades. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your guide for all things Ma Just hours before she died, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone performed for the last time at a Mardi Gras ball in Mobile on Friday evening. Sparkling in a black suit, the 63-year-old singer The Krewe of Phoenix (KOP) is an all-inclusive Mardi Gras Organization (LGBTQ) in Mobile, Alabama. The organization was established by nine founding members in January 2009, and the inaugural general meeting with charter members took place on March 22, 2009. While the Order of Osiris Ball "Tableau” has become a signature feature of Mobile’s oldest living alternative lifestyle organization, it was not all sequins and glitter in the beginning. The founder of Osiris began fundraising efforts in 1981 with the intent to establish a strictly gay Mardi Gras association.
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