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BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s (GCCA) theme for Mardi Gras 2025 is “In Search of Lost Legends.” FLOAT DEN The Float Den is an enormous, 80,000 sq ft space full of huge colorful floats and larger-than-life props that will put your guests in the mood to celebrate. Though it’s a working warehouse by day – the place where Blaine Kern Artists create the floats for many of Mardi Gras’ parades – by night, the Float Den is a wonderful way to give The Gulf Coast Carnival Association float den is located in Biloxi. (WLOX) Captain of Carnival, David Harris Jr., said it is all hands on deck this time of year. ”It shows you the dedication of our community members to making Mardi Gras great every year," said Harris Jr. Doug Blom is one of many float makers. Kern Studios, the world leader in float creation, has been a part of Mardi Gras history since 1932. Now the family-owned and operated business designs and builds floats for festivals and celebrations all over the world. Or, plan a tour of Mardi Gras World that ends with a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres on the patio. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Mardi Gras World Plaza. Opening right out from the Float Den, the Mardi Gras World Plaza is situated directly on the river and creates an incredible atmosphere for any kind of outdoor social event you can Now you can see the parade floats and props used in many of our largest Mardi Gras parades and learn about how they are made right here at Mardi Gras World! Since 1947, Kern Studios has built the breathtaking floats that are seen in Mardi Gras parades and in celebrations, both in New Orleans and around the world&ellips; all housed at Mardi Gras Since 1947, our artists and craftsmen have designed and built the oldest and biggest parade floats and attractions for each Mardi Gras season, with over 500 floats built and decorated each year. When you begin your Mardi Gras World tour, you’ll get an overview of the history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans before continuing through our float den The facility, operated by Kern Studios, spans 250,000 square feet and is one of 20 warehouses in the city where Mardi Gras floats are designed, constructed, and stored. The main draw of Mardi Gras World is the ‘float den’, the space where the Kern team creates its floats, which change year by year based on the thematic needs of the city’s ‘krewes’. In New Orleans (and a few other parts of the Gulf South that celebrate a Catholic carnival), krewes are the local parading societies. Tia Flowers, a digital sculptor at Kern Studios, oversees the building of a foam rocket for a float at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Since 1947, our artists and craftsmen have designed and built the oldest and biggest parade floats and attractions for each Mardi Gras season, with over 500 floats built and decorated each year. When you begin your Mardi Gras World tour, you’ll get an overview of the history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans before continuing through our float den Covid-19 brought new challenges to the city of New Orleans, including the hard decision to cancel the traditional Mardi Gras parades in 2021. The mayor herself declared that Mardi Gras would celebrate in its own way, stating that Mardi Gras 2021 would be "different, but not canceled". The Mardi Gras World Float Den is full of big colorful floats and larger-than-life props that add an element of Carnival to any event. Though it’s a working warehouse by day where the Blaine Kern Artists create floats for 40 of the 54 Mardi Gras parades, by night, Mardi Gras World’s Float Den is a stellar way to give guests a taste of Mardi BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s (GCCA) theme for Mardi Gras 2025 is “In Search of Lost Legends.” GCCA crews are busy spending time in the Float Den decorating to 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. Come party where Mardi Gras is made. Big colorful floats and larger-than-life props add an element of Carnival to any event. Allow your guests to be immersed with the spirit of Carnival. Surrounded by the magnificently lit floats and hundreds of fantasy-inspired props, this makes the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable cocktail hour or the brilliant entrance to any event. Dimensions: 420' x When the Mistick Krewe of Comus presented the first Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans in 1857, it featured only two floats, and they were borrowed from Mobile, Alabama’s New Mardi Gras morning, and the Rex Procession is ready to leave the den. Another delighted Mardi Gras crowd will gather beads and doubloons and cheer the passing floats. Mardi Gras afternoon the floats will return to the den to be stripped of their decorations, and readied for their transformation into next year's new and exciting parade. With its floats being constructed by the elite Royal Artists float builders behind Rex and Proteus, d'Etat takes the classical aesthetic sensibility of fully sculpted float presentations and applies it in the most devious possible fashion—a roving set of 3D satirical comic strips brutally skewering politics, pop culture, sports, and anything The longest float in Mardi Gras at over 300 feet long with over 250 riders and nine parts, "Pontchartrain Beach, Then and Now," is one among the parade's well-known floats. extends nearly the full length of the krewe's Mid-City den, where it is being decorated to bring back memories of the long-gone amusement park Pontchartrain Beach, which
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