Mardi Gras comes to a close on Tuesday night, and soon, those who celebrate will exclaim “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” or “Let the good times roll” for the last time this Carnival season. This is it: Carnival’s 2025 finale. Even though we’re in the final stretch of Mardi Gras season, there are still more than 100 parades rolling over the next several days across the Capital Region and beyond. Whether you want to participate in a chicken run, spend Fat Tuesday in the French Quarter, catch a boat Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed revelers will jam the French Quarter as more parades roll in New Orleans’ suburbs, other Louisiana cities, and all along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. Outdoor celebrations typically last until midnight on Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, until partygoers are "asked to clear off the street," according to the French Quarter official website. While Mardi Gras is on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday, known as Carnival season, make Mardi Gras one of the best times to experience the Big Easy. Packed with parties, parades, king cakes galore, and fun for the entire family, Carnival season lasts more than a month and ramps up on the Thursday before Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, which takes place March 4, marks the party’s climax and the end of Carnival Season on the Gulf Coast. The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final day of feasting and revelry before the solemnity of Lent. Every year, Mardi Gras season begins on Twelfth Night, which is January 6. Twelfth Night represents the Christian holy day of the Epiphany. 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. 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. There’s a whole slate of parades to watch in the days leading up to Fat Tuesday (March 4, 2025), and things to keep in mind while gearing up for the revelry. Here we list both informal guidelines as well as a few actual rules — i.e. ordinances related to Mardi Gras. 50 Mardi Gras Party Foods That'll Make You Feel Like You're In The French Quarter. Do Fat Tuesday proud. By Camille Lowder Updated: Feb 24, 2025. March 4 is Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday), the This 18 piece fat quarter bundle includes 1 of each print from the Mardi Gras Fabric Collection. Each fat quarter measures 18" x 21". 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