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Bay Area native drummer Benny Amón will perform a Mardi Gras set with his quintet for this week’s installation of the historic swing dance event. 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. $10-$20. Verdi Club Enjoy a huge Mardi Gras celebration, complete with New Orleans inspired cuisine, dancing and live music provide by 3 amazing bands bringing the sounds of New Oleans to the Bay Area, including Brian Boudoin and the Swampdawgs, Spike Sikes and His Awesome Hotcakes andKing Street Giants. The Fillmore District, a storied neighborhood with deep Southern roots, is one of the best places to be in come Mardi Gras Day, when a youth-focused community group called the Village Project hosts an annual second line parade, masquerade ball and blues concert along the Fillmore Street corridor. Our ticketed, VIP riders will jump aboard floats at the festival grounds at the Mardi Gras bus stop and ride in style down Capitol Mall throwing 100% recycled Mardi Gras beads that we'll provide for you. THEN the entire, light-up parade returns to the festival grounds for our signature City of Trees Parade dance party until 9PM. Event details about North Beach Mardi Gras Parade & Party in San Francisco on March 1, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets The swinging and singing brass-line is the Bay Area's only New Mardi Gras, pole dancing, and (of course) raves top SF events this week It's Fat Tuesday and Carnival all weekend as the city's revelers head into spring. Catch a Second Line March during this year’s Mardi Gras celebrations. | Source: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images The Village Project will host the 18th annual Mardi Gras, San Francisco Style on Tuesday, March 4th. This year’s celebration again opens with a free community blues concert, featuring The Curtis Family (The C-Notes) and The David Hardiman Second Line Band. Jazz Mafia’s Annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Git-Down. Party with Jazz Mafia’s 10-piece brass band featuring Bay Area-based vocalists Yvette Pylant, Erin Honeywell and Solas B Lalgee, plus DJ Lady Fingaz. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. $15-$20, reservations recommended. The New Parish, 1743 San Pablo Ave., Oakland. 510-444-7474. thenewparish.com Shimmy & shake & swing those beads, the Bay Area ushers in Fat Tuesday (March 4, 2025) with traditional French cuisine, costumes and parades. Mardi Gras is all about indulgence and throughout the Bay Area you can do it in family-friendly style with live music, parades and street festivals transforming various parts of the Bay Area into N’awlins famous Burbon Street. Parties, parades, and more happening in San Francisco + all over the Bay Area! Although Mardi Gras is about more than getting drunk and flashing strangers, it’s a great excuse to eat festive food and sip on New Orleans-inspired cocktails. We’ve told you where to celebrate Mardi Gras in the South Bay, but if you’re further north, skip the airfare and head to these parties and restaurants to celebrate in San Francisco. Mardi Gras revelry is upon us, with parades, parties, dinners and balls at venues across the Bay Area. Here’s just a sampling. Mardi Gras Party: 5:30-11:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Cap’s Oak St. Bar and Parties, parades, and more happening in San Francisco + all over the Bay Area! North Bay Area Mardi Gras Association North Bay Area Mardi Gras Association 2025 Ball Jan 15 Get your golden ticket to our Whimsical World of Wonka 2025 Ball on Saturday, February 15th! 🎫 If you would like tickets please send us a message or contact any Association member, tickets are 25.00 per person. The Mardi Gras event includes lively music from Cumbia, Rumba, and Soca; Samba drummers and dance performances. The public is invited to Wear Mardi Gras/Covid Protection Masks, Costumes, & Beads at over 20 Party Hot Spots. Why: The Arts heal and bring people together for good. Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Bay Area Mardi Gras with Jazz Mafia & Yvette Pylant. Celebrate Mardi Gras 2022 with the celebrated San Francisco ensemble, featuring a program inspired by the brass band tradition of New Orleans. The performances feature Oakland vocalist Yvette Pylant. Celebrating Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore with great blues, Zydeco Music, a second line processional, creative costumes, good food and colorful beads, the Village Project will host this year’s annual Mardi Gras, San Francisco Style on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. SF’s Mardi Gras & Fat Tuesday Parade & Celebration Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 5pm to 7pm 1:30 pm — North Bay Area Mardi Gras Association parade, D’Iberville; March 3. 5:30 pm — Krewe of Seahorse Lundi Gras golf cart parade, Bay St. Louis; March 4. 1 pm – Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras Parade, Downtown Biloxi; 1 pm – Krewe of Real People Next Generation Mardi Gras Parade, Bay St. Louis 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. 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
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