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MOBILE, Ala. — Taylor LaKell Nicks is this year’s Queen of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association.News 5’s Rose Ann Haven interviewed Queen Taylor, who discussed her aspirations, what she Queen of the 78th Presentation of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association “This year is extra special because King Elexis, Alan Lang, and I have a common thread. Our grandfathers (who both passed away last year) were best friends. our grandmothers were overjoyed to learn we would be monarchs together. Knights of Mobile | 12:30 p.m. Route A Mobile Mystical Ladies | 1 p.m. Route A Order of Angels | 1:30 p.m. Route A Krewe of Mullet Mates | 2 p.m. Fairhope Joy of Life | 2 p.m. Route A Mystics of Time | 5:45 p.m. Route H Mystics of Pleasure | 6 p.m. Orange Beach Coronation of Queen Christian Hunter Lyons to King Felix III | 6:30 p.m. Mobile On behalf of the executive board and membership. The Mobile-Area Mardi Gras Assoc proudly presents The 2024 Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association Grand Marshal, The Honorable Napoleon Bracy Jr. Her Gracious Majesty Queen Taylor L. Nicks King Elexis I. Tyler D. Rice Junior Monarch Queen Amari Toomer Amari Skyy Junior Monarch King Ashton Yates Mobile Carnival Association’s Queen Seline Vaughan Morrissette. This year’s Queen of Mardi Gras is none other than Seline Vaughan Morrissette. For years, Seline has watched numerous members of her family serve in various capacities of Carnival seasons past, and now the crown and scepter have been passed to her. Like this year’s 2020 Mobile Carnival Association king, Sumner Greer Adams Jr., Queen Seline Vaughan Morrissette will wear a family train retrieved from the Mobile Carnival Museum. Mobile, Alabama is the mother of mystics, the original birthplace of Mardi Gras as we know it! Each year, the city and its surrounding communities come together for weeks of parades, masked balls, MoonPies and merry-making leading up to Fat Tuesday, a season that is collectively known as Mardi Gras. VISIT THE MOBILE MARDI GRAS MUSEUM 2025 Events. Mardi Gras Saturday. Coronation of the Queen of Carnival 6:30 PM Mobile Convention Center. Open to the public; Aliene Jenkins (Howard) served as the first Queen of The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association in 1940. She is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Jenkins of Mobile. After graduating from Dunbar High School, she earned her B.S., A.A. and Educational Specialist degrees from Alabama State University. The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association Inc. (MAMGA), is a premier organization comprised of prominent businessmen and civic leaders, showcases the best in the Mobile community, and the entire Gulf Coast. Recently unsealed Federal Court documents allege that a current Mardi Gras Queen embezzled nearly $1.5 million from Crowder Gulf, a debris clean up company headquartered in Mobile. The filing in Mobile area native and graduate of St. Paul’s Episcopal School, Lady Richlyn Sydney Pugh is thrilled to be serving on the court of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association as the 2023 Queen. Richlyn is the daughter of Mr. Richard Pugh and Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Frances Johnson, and the first of her family to have been chosen for such a All hail King Felix III! The son of Martin Horst Cunningham Sr. and Randolph Fargason Cunningham, Martin Jr.’s royal lineage traces back to 1940. Proud of Mobile’s distinction as creator of Mardi Gras, he’s honored to represent the city, the Mobile Carnival Association (MCA), and his family while striking a balance between fun and safety. UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): News 5 is continuing to gather information on a crash that killed a Mardi Gras queen. According to testimony from lead investigator James Welch, Spencer Strickland was traveling Recently unsealed Federal Court documents allege that a current Mardi Gras Queen embezzled nearly $1.5 million from Crowder Gulf, a debris clean up company headquartered in Mobile. The filing in Mobile Carnival Museum. The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile Watch the full parade in the video player above. Download the WKRG News 5 app to get alerts when we stream Mardi Gras parades. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your guide for all things Ma Smith was a member of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association and served as the MAMGA Court 2017 Queen. She was a University of Southern Mississippi graduate. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobilians are gearing up for the biggest season in the South – Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras parades will start rolling through the streets of downtown Mobile on Feb. 14 wi Saturday, February 1. 1 p.m. – Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island) Saturday, February 8. 1 p.m. – Dauphin Island People’s Parade (Dauphin Island)
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