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Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme. Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map ; Saturday Jan 11 2025 Uptown New Orleans; Mardi Gras 2025 falls on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Mardi Gras Day is March 4, 2025. Fat Tuesday is the last day of the Carnival season as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The official start of Carnival Season is Twelfth Night, January 6. Book your hotel room now and Reserve your Mardi Gras package The season, which represents a time of celebration before Christian Lent, lasts until Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras Day, is March 4, 2025. Between January 6 and March 4, enjoy parades, king cake, community celebrations, and more. For a list of future Mardi Gras Day dates, see here. Where in New Orleans can I experience Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras 2025 is Tuesday, March 4. We're counting down the minutes. As Mayor of the great City of New Orleans, I invite you to visit our city to experience the excitement of Mardi Gras!" 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 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule. Mardi Gras is more than just a day, or one week, or even a weekend. Starting January 6 (Twelfth Night), New Orleans has parades in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras Day, which falls on March 4, 2025. Take a look at the parades below and click on each to learn more. Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a one to a three-month stretch of the year in which the streets come alive with music, art, and costumed revelers. Beginning on Twelfth Night, January 6, the best season of the year is upon us: king cake, bead-tossing, and parading begins and only increases as we make our way toward Mardi Gras Day. The term "Mardi Gras" is commonly used to refer to the entire Carnival season, but Mardi Gras (a.k.a. "Fat Tuesday") is actually just a one day, pre-Lent party. When is Mardi Gras? When to Visit for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. You can visit any time during Carnival (between January 6th and March 4th, 2025) to experience parades and festivities. But the most popular time to book a stay includes the final weekend leading up to Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday). This year, those dates will be around February 26th – March 4, 2025. To protect her hands from hard Mardi Gras beads hitting her cold hands, Bobbi Foster wore gloves for the Krewe of Hermes parade in New Orleans on February 17, 2023. 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. The King's Jester float makes it way down St. Charles Ave. near Canal Street as Rex rolls on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Each Mardi Gras Parade has a unique history and theme. Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map ; Saturday Jan 11 2025 Uptown New Orleans; Legion of Mars parades in the rain on the Uptown route in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) over the southeast U.S. on Mardi Gras Day. But with Members and friends of the Society of Saint Anne, parade through New Orleans neighborhoods on Mardi Gras, February 28, 2017. The Society was founded in 1969. A Mardi Gras parade on Valentine's Day in NOLA? That's how 2 strangers met, fell in love. New Orleans revelers are looking forward to mild temperatures and clear skies for some of the biggest days of the Mardi Gras season this weekend, but rain is now increasingly likely for Fat 19 parades will roll across metro New Orleans this weekend as Mardi Gras 2025 kicks off Many locals still refer to this parade day on the Carnival calendar as “Carrollton Sunday.” Everyone in New Orleans knows the essential Mardi Gras songs. The likes of “Carnival Time,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Go To the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief” and “Second-Line, Pt. 1” are 2025 New Orleans Mardi Gras is less than two weeks away, Several roads will close during the parades and parking can be a hassle. Here is a guide for beginners and experts alike.
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