Mardi Gras Parade Date: November 23, 2024. Time: 1:00 pm. Lansdale Farmers' Market; Mardi Gras Parade; Old Time Baseball/Picnic in Memorial Park; Oktoberfest/Zer0.5K; One for the Books: The 2024 Mardi Gras Parade Was the Biggest Ever! Thank you to EVERYONE for such an amazing day! Thousands of people lined the streets — and hundreds more marched, strolled, walked their dogs, paraded, played, and floated down Main Street on a seasonally chilly but otherwise gorgeous day, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Join us for the 73rd annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade! This year's theme is Hollywood Holidays! "Ooh and ahh" for floats, entertainers, local businesses, musicians, tasty treats and more! The parade kicks off at Mitchell and Main (near Domino's Pizza) and ends at Memorial Park. We'll see you on Main! Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade, Lansdale, Pennsylvania. 1,229 likes · 2 talking about this · 269 were here. This is a place to find information about the annual Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade that goes up Discover Lansdale and the Mardi Gras Team are pleased to announce the 72nd Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday, November 18th, 2023 starting at 1:00pm. This year’s theme is “Holiday Melodies”. Each year the families of the North Penn area look forward to bringing in the holiday season with this special event. We hope that your DISCOVER Lansdale’s long running and beloved annual holiday tradtion, the Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade. This year’s theme is Hollywood Holidays! The date is Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, kicking off at 1 p.m. How did we wind up with a winter holiday parade named “Mardi Gras”? Yeah, Mardi Gras as in New Orleans’ centuries-old pre-Lenten celebration. Mardi Gras, which translated from French, means “Fat Tuesday.” We have to travel back to 1950, when our nation was basking in post-World War II prosperity and Lansdale was the center of the Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade happening at W Main St, Lansdale, PA 19446, United States on Sat, 23 Nov, 2024 at 01:00 pm Lansdale held its 72nd annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday afternoon, with more than 100 entries providing sights and sounds for the more than 1,000 area residents who lined Main Street to celebra The 65th annual Mardi Gras Parade will be held downtown Lansdale on Saturday, November 21st. Parade theme this year is "Holidays on the Beach". Parade starts at W. Main Street and Mitchell Avenue at 1:00 pm and travels east on Main Street to Park Drive. Lansdale Farmers' Market; Mardi Gras Parade; Old Time Baseball/Picnic in Memorial Park; Oktoberfest/Zer0.5K; Mardi Gras Parade Date: November 23, 2024. Time: 1:00 pm. 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. mardi gras parade NOV 23 1:00 pm Main Street tree lighting ceremony DEC 06 6:00 pm Railroad Plaza Lansdale Parks & Recreation www.lansdale.org • 215-361-8352 According to organizing nonprofit Discover Lansdale, the Mardi Gras parade dates back to 1950 when members of the Lansdale Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycees wanted to find a way to nudge community members to start shopping for the holidays. The steering committee decided to organize a holiday parade featuring Santa Claus, held a naming Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade: Saturday, Nov. 22; Lansdale Christmas Tree Display: Friday, Dec. 5- Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026; Got an event you'd like us to add? Let us know Event in Lansdale, PA by Giuliano's Deli on Saturday, November 23 2024. Join us for the annual Lansdale Mardi Gras parade! We will be handing out treats along the route! Following a pandemic-related off year, Lansdale’s quirky named Mardi Gras Parade made its triumphant return to Main Street on Saturday afternoon. With a theme of “Decades of Celebration,” the 2021 entry into Lansdale’s holiday lore was the first for Discover Lansdale and their army of community volunteers, who had been transitioning the Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade: Saturday, Nov. 22 Lansdale Christmas Tree Display: Friday, Dec. 5- Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 Watch our Events page for more fun and the latest updates. So today what we have is a seven-decades-old community tradition named the Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) Parade. It has nothing to do with the pending arrival of Lent, nor was it ever held on a Tuesday. But gosh darn it, this is OUR parade and we’ll call it what we want.
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