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Friday, February 28, 2025 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2025 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. the Lake Wales Mardi Gras came into existence as a tribute to π Lake Wales Mardi Gras is back for its 41st annual family-friendly celebration on February 28th and March 1st, 2025! π Since 1984, this amazing parade and festival has brought excitement to Lake Wales with floats, beads, live music, food, and spirits. The Lake Wales Mardi Gras, now in its fifth decade of existence, includes numerous private parties, along with ticketed public events including those sponsored by more than a dozen private Mardi Gras parading krewes. The free music festival will kick-start the weekend at 6 p.m. Friday in Lake Wailes Park. This year marks the 41st annual Lake Wales Mardi Gras, promising to be more spectacular than ever. Festivities kick off on Friday, February 28, 2025, with live music from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Lake Wailes Park. The evening also features the popular 5K Glow Run at 6:00 PM along the scenic Lake Wailes Trail. Lake Wales Mardi Gras is back for its 41st annual family-friendly celebration on February 28th and March 1st, 2025! Since 1984, this amazing parade and festival has brought excitement to Lake Wales with floats, beads, live music, food, and spirits. Lake Wales Mardi Gras invites you to join in the fun and start a Krewe!! All you need is a group of friends or family, a club or organization, and event or attraction you would like to bring to others attention in a really fun and exciting way! After all it's a party -- Let the Good Times Roll! Everyone is a participant at Lake Wales Mardi Gras! Friday, February 28, 2025 6pm to 11pm Saturday, March 1, 2025 10am to 11pm Mardi Gras Parade at 3pm In preparation for the 2025 Mardi Gras Parade, portions of select roadways will be closed. On Saturday, March 1st, First Street will be closed at 10:30am. Portions of Park Avenue, Stuart Avenue, Central Avenue and Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed at 2pm. The roadways will reopen after the parade. 111-123 E Central Ave, Lake Wales, FL, United States, Florida 33853 With only days remaining until the peak of the zany season, the Lake Wales Mardi Gras kicks off this weekend with the annual Shiner Ball, hosted by the "Loyal Order of Wild Shiners." The party is billed as a gathering of their unique group, named after the popular bait fish, at "the Center of the Universe." Lake Wales Mardi Gras is a tradition in L Beads, doubloons, and other trinkets are tossed to spectators along the Mardi Gras route as βthrowsβ β the traditional souvenirs of every Mardi Gras. Because Mardi Gras is celebrated in various cultures around the world costumes and music vary according to location. Lake Wales has incorporated traditions from many of them including The city of Lake Wales is moving forward with the expansion of the city's fire department after city commission approval of design work for a third station planned for Hunt Brothers Road. A five acre site at the southeast corner of South Ninth Street (Nest Egg Road) was purchased at a cost of $300,000 in November after a search in that area turned Lake Wales Mardi Gras is happening on Saturday, Mar 1, 2025 from 10:00am to 11:00pm in Lake Wales, FL Wayne Helm of Lake Wales passed away Saturday, February 22, 2025 at his residence. He was born October 20, 1948 in Lake Wales to the late Elmer and Lola Helm; he has been a lifelong resident of Lake Wales. Wayne was a retired Captain for the Lake Wales Police Department and served with the United States Army in Vietnam. He and his wife, Laura, were Saturday, March 1, 2025 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Mardi Gras Parade at 3:00 p.m. Pageantry! Parades! Exotic Floats! Lake Wales Mardi Gras P.O. Box 3631 Lake Wales Walburga "Wallie" Sylvia of Lake Wales passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale. She was born May 20, 1937 in Augsburg, Germany to the late Englebert and Walburga Schafhauser; she moved to Lake Wales from Derry, New Hampshire in 1980. Wallie was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. She loved music and visiti fri28feb6:00 pm 7:30 am 2025 Lake Wales Mardi Gras 5k Glow Run 6:00 pm - 7:30 am Lake Wailes Park, 17 S Lakeshore Blvd, Lake Wales, FL 33853 Event Organized By: Lake Wales Mardi Gras Event Details Join the Fun at the Annual 2025 Lake Wales Mardi Gras 5K Glow Run ββοΈ Lace up your sneakers and kick off Mardi Gras in style! π Lake Wales Mardi Gras is back for its 41st annual family-friendly celebration on February 28th and March 1st, 2025! π Since 1984, this amazing parade and festival has brought excitement to Lake Wales with floats, beads, live music, food, and spirits. Beads, doubloons, and other trinkets are tossed to spectators along the Mardi Gras route as βthrowsβ β the traditional souvenirs of every Mardi Gras. Because Mardi Gras is celebrated in various cultures around the world costumes and music vary according to location. Lake Wales has incorporated traditions from many of them including AdventHealth Lake Wales has announced the addition of cardiologist, Saiyed Mohib, MD to its roster of expert physicians. Dr. Mohib is a board-certified cardiologist who is now accepting new patients in Lake Wales at the AdventHealth Medical Group General Surgery Office, located at 423 Linden Lane. With over 20 years of experience in cardiology, Dr. A ceremonial ground-breaking for a multi-million dollar water desalination facility east of Lake Wales has marked the next step in a multi-jurisdictional effort to assure adequate water supplies for the future of Polk County. The rapid development taking place across the region has created a looming water crisis, with at least one town, Dundee, for
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