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Mardi Gras! Galveston is delighted to announce the distinguished recipients of the prestigious George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award: Mike Doherty and Kenneth Shelton. These two lifelong residents of Galveston Island will be honored at an awards ceremony on Friday, February 21, 5:30 PM, as part of the kick-off to Mardi Gras festivities. Fri., Feb. 21st at 10:00 p.m. Mardi Gras! Galveston Parade. Revelers will enjoy this festive night parade, as it circles the Entertainment District wrapping up the first day of celebrations for Mardi Gras! Galveston, 2025. A group of 9 Festive Floats will be throwing beads and trinkets, plus more marching bands & dancers bringing the hype. Mardi Gras! Galveston is held annually during the two weeks preceding Lent. The 2025 celebration will take place from February 21 - March 4, 2025, with festivities held on both weekends and Fat Tuesday. 10:00 p.m. Mardi Gras! Galveston Parade Revelers will enjoy this festive night parade, as it circles the Entertainment District wrapping up the first day of celebrations for Mardi Gras! Galveston, 2025. A group of 9 Festive Floats will be throwing beads and trinkets, plus more marching bands & dancers bringing the hype. February 21 – March 4, 2025. At Mardi Gras! Galveston, the extravagance found in Texas’s largest Mardi Gras celebration starts with the beads! More than 3 million beads will be thrown at Mardi Gras! Galveston and that’s just the beginning of the elaborate parades, headliner performances, family events, feasting, and other festivities that Revelers at this year’s Mardi Gras will notice some changes the City of Galveston has made as part of an effort to enhance public safety during the annual carnival celebration. The island’s 114 th Mardi Gras celebration begins Friday, February 21, and continues until March 4, or Fat Tuesday. Both weekends will be packed with parades Mardi Gras! Galveston 2025-02-17T09:01:15-06:00. Mardi Gras! Galveston February 21 - March 4, 2025. At Mardi Gras! Galveston, the extravagance found in Texas GALVESTON, Texas (KIAH) — It’s Mardi Gras time again, and the Galveston Strand will be lit up once again as the annual Mardi Gras! Galveston events will begin on February 21. The island will This krewe was founded in March 1985, making it the second-oldest Mardi Gras social organization in Galveston. 1 p.m. — 14th Annual Zaniest Golf Cart Parade This event started in 2011 and February 21 - March 4, 2025 Dazzling pageantry from the beach to The Strand, Galveston’s Mardi Gras celebration will feature over 20 parades as the island’s krewes prepare to throw more than 3 million beads and other trinkets to throngs of revelers. Mardi Gras Galveston 2025 will take place from Friday, February 21, to Tuesday, March 4, 2025, spanning two weekends of celebrations leading up to Fat Tuesday. This means nearly two weeks of parades, live music, street parties, masquerade balls, and family-friendly events filling the streets of Galveston’s Historic Strand District and beyond. The island’s 114th Mardi Gras celebration begins Friday, February 21, and continues until March 4, or Fat Tuesday. Both weekends will be packed with parades, parties and, of course, beads. Celebrations will take place in Galveston’s historic downtown district and family-friendly events and parades along the Seawall. Mardi Gras in Galveston. Mardi Gras! Galveston is the place to be for a full-on celebration, with festivities running from February 21 through March 4, 2025. Known for its vibrant parades and coastal charm, Galveston offers one of Texas’s most unique Mardi Gras experiences. Mardi Gras! Galveston 2025: Bead There February 21 – March 4, 2025 At Mardi Gras! Galveston, the extravagance found in Texas’s largest Mardi Gras celebration starts with the beads! More than 3 million beads will be thrown at Mardi Gras! Galveston and that’s just the beginning of the elaborate parades, headliner performances, family events, [] The island’s 114 th Mardi Gras celebration began Friday, February 21, and continues until March 4, or Fat Tuesday. Both weekends will be packed with parades, parties and, of course, beads. Galveston’s island-style Mardi Gras has plenty of personality. Hundreds of painted umbrellas are carried by dancers in the Funky Uptown Umbrella Brigade procession. The Hokey Pokey is performed by the umbrella welders as they pause beneath the Mardi Gras Arch. The brigade had over 2,000 members in 2019. The Galveston Mardi Gras Parade at 10 p.m. Late at night is when the Mardi Gras Galveston Parade begins. Take in one or more of the traditional, raucous, and family-friendly Mardi Gras events in Greater Houston and along the beach in Galveston through Fat Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Pile on the beads as Mardi Gras festivities level up this year with parades, parties, and concerts returning to eager crowds ready for revelry. The award-winning Tutu Live Krewe will be sparkling, shining, shimmying, shaking and strutting in five Mardi Gras! Galveston parades starting on Friday, Feb. 21 and ending on Mardi Gras night, March 4. On Feb. 21, prior to the start of the George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Parade in The Strand District, Mardi Gras! Watch parades from balconies, dance to live music, run the 5k, or join the golf cart parade. Galveston’s Mardi Gras delivers a packed schedule of fun like the “Ticket to Ride.” When: February 21, 2025 – March 4, 2025; Where: Galveston, TX 77550; How Much: FREE for children (12 years old and younger) | $21 – $23 per adult Eventbrite - Axecade presents Axecade Mardi Gras Galveston 2025 Balcony Party - Friday, February 21, 2025 | Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Axecade, Galveston, TX. Find event and ticket information.
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