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When is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras 2025 falls on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Nothing about Mardi Gras is predictable – not even the date. Unlike Christmas or the 4th of July which always fall on the same calendar day, the only thing you can count on for sure with Carnival is that Fat Tuesday will fall on, well, a Tuesday. Mardi Gras, like Christmas, is a whole season - not just one day. That being said, Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of celebration, and the date it falls on moves around. You'll find that Fat Tuesday can be any Tuesday between Feb. 3 and March 9. Mardi Gras Dates New Orleans’ BIG annual event, Mardi Gras, is always the day before Ash Wednesday which itself is always forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). But to simplify matters for carnival historians–and for those eager to partake in the revelries to come–here is a list of dates for Mardi Gras celebrations back to 1947 as well as for the years through 2050. Pass a good Mardi Gras Dates Until 2030. March 4, 2025; February 17, 2026; February 9, 2027; February 29, 2028; February 13, 2029; March 5, 2030; Why Does Mardi Gras Date Move Each Year? The reason why the Mardi Gras date switches up like a jazz tune every year is all about the lunar cycle and this thing called Easter! Here are the dates of Mardi Gras next year and in future years: Mardi Gras 2018: February 13, Mardi Gras 2007: February 20, 2007; Mardi Gras 2008: February 5, 2008; The word "Mardi Gras" means "Fat Tuesday" in the French language. Celebrations include festivals, parades, dancing and feasting before the fasting starting on Ash Wednesday Days to Mardi Gras 2026. Tuesday, February 17th is day number 48 of the 2026 calendar year with 11 months, 16 days until Mardi Gras 2026. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Mardi Gras next year falls on March 4, about two weeks before St. Patrick's Day. Here's the Mardi Gras schedule for the next several years: 2026: Feb. 17; 2027: Feb. 9; 2028: Feb. 29; Easter next year is on April 9, the first Sunday after the spring equinox or the Paschal full moon. It means that 47 days before that is February 21, which makes it the Mardi Gras 2023 observance. You can expect the dates to land on February 3 being the earliest Mardi Gras and March 9 as the latest observance. The tradition dates back thousands of years ago to pagan and roman spring festivals. When Christianity arrived in Rome the leaders decided to incorporate some of their spring festivals into the Christian traditions and as a result the excess's and debauchery of Mardi Gras prior to Ash Wednesday (Start of Lent) came about. New Orleans and southeast Louisiana Mardi Gras 2025 Carnival parade schedule. Get information on all the dates and times for your favorite parades. Skip Navigation 7:00 p.m. George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Honoree Parade Following the George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Presentation, this is the first parade to Kick Off Mardi Gras Galveston 2025! This parade is packed with marching bands, dancing squads & tons of energy. That means Easter will fall on the next Sunday, April 20, leaving us with a March Mardi Gras date. For those already planning next year's celebration too, Mardi Gras 2026 will occur on Feb. 17 That means Easter will fall on the next Sunday, April 20, leaving us with a March Mardi Gras date. For those already planning next year's celebration too, Mardi Gras 2026 will occur on Feb. 17 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 *The Biloxi GCCA Parade route has been changed from previous years. Although Port Orleans - French Quarter's theming makes every day feel like a Mardi Gras celebration, you'll find that the special events are reserved Each year, the Mardi Gras parade schedule varies. Parades run for several weeks, from Twelfth Night on January 6th to Fat Tuesday (which is March 4th this year). As described above, most of the major parades take place in the two weeks leading up to Mardi Gras , with the biggest ones happening on the weekend before Fat Tuesday, March 1-4, 2025. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Pensacola Mardi Gras dates back to 1874. followed by another 10,000 the next year, climbing to 30,000 by 1927. who spent 20 years serving in the U.S. Navy, joined after he heard the krewe The next Mardi Gras is Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Its date varies each year, though, because the holiday is connected to Easter, which is a moveable feast according to the lunar calendar. Mardi Gras, which always takes place the day before Ash Wednesday, is the traditional start of Lent in the Christian calendar.
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