Mardi Gras Season Starts Here! Jan. 6. BOS Family Winter Carnival and Shoebox Float Gallery. JAN 18. February Fords Gin Scavenger Hunt. FEB. 8. Cajun Cook-Off. FEB. 15. Run For Your Beads 5K. FEB. 22. Verizon Taste of Soulard. FEB. 22-23. Purina Pet Parade. FEB. 23. Tito’s Vodka Wiener Dog Derby. FEB. 23. Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball. FEB. 28 Welcome to Soulard Mardi Gras! Home of the Bud Light Grand Parade, Purina Pet Parade, and much more. 2025 calendar of events. January. Jan. 6 / 12th Night. Plan your trip for Mardi Gras in St. Louis, the nation’s second largest celebration. February 17, 2025 5 Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend | February 20 to 23. Welcome to Soulard Mardi Gras! Home of the Bud Light Grand Parade, Purina Pet Parade, and much more. March 1, 2025 Parade Starts: 11:00 am . (St. Vincent De The 2025 Mardi Gras Grand Parade will be held in Soulard on Saturday, March 1, 2025. This large neighborhood festival requires multiple street closures to ensure the safety of the residents and visitors. From Soulard to Granite City, here’s where you can join the party in the St. Louis area. Mayor's Ball. The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball will take place Friday, Feb. 28, at Anheuser-Busch Tour Center beginning at 7 p.m. Guests can enjoy fine cuisine, cocktails, dancing, and entertainment by artists including St. Louis legend Murphy Lee. The Soulard Mardi Gras in St. Louis is one of the largest and most vibrant Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States, second only to New Orleans. The 2025 season promises weeks of lively parades, unique themed events, pet-friendly gatherings, and plenty of food and drink, drawing thousands to St. Louis’s historic Soulard neighborhood. ST. LOUIS — Soulard's biggest party of the year is back this weekend. The Mardi Gras main event, the Grand Parade, starts at 11 a.m. Here's everything you need to know if you are heading to Head to Sports & Social St. Louis for the official Carnival Tent after party. Show your ticket at the door to receive a complimentary drink. Sunset Hills Subaru Blues Alumni Experience. Saturday, March 1, 2025: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Lift For Life Academy High School Parking Lot on 7th (the Parade route)- enter from Geyer @ South Broadway The 2025 St. Louis Mardi Gras present the largest Mardi Gras parade outside the City of New Orleans, the Bud Light Grand Parade. The parade begins at Busch Stadium at 11am and runs south on Broadway through Soulard to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. Over 10,000,000 strands of beads will be thrown from nearly 100 floats along the parade route. Mardi Gras Season Starts Here! Jan. 6. BOS Family Winter Carnival and Shoebox Float Gallery. JAN 18. February Fords Gin Scavenger Hunt. FEB. 8. Cajun Cook-Off. FEB. 15. Run For Your Beads 5K. FEB. 22. Verizon Taste of Soulard. FEB. 22-23. Purina Pet Parade. FEB. 23. Tito’s Vodka Wiener Dog Derby. FEB. 23. Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball. FEB. 28 This year’s Mardi Gras parade marked the 45th in St. Louis history. It’s the headliner of a five-week-long celebration in Soulard leading up to “Fat Tuesday,” the Mardi Gras observance Mardi Gras 2025 - JOHN SUMMIT @ The PLAYR1 Tent 3/1/2025 11:00 am - 3/1/2025 6:00 pm. The PLAYR1 Tent presents MARDI GRAS 2025 Sat, March 1st featuring #1 Global Talent JOHN SUMMIT & Special Guests TBA This is an All-Inclusive Open Bar event , taking place behind Social Bar & Grill Soulard in the heart of Mardi Gras St. Louis. Welcome to Soulard Mardi Gras! Home of the Bud Light Grand Parade, Purina Pet Parade, and much more. March 1, 2025. 1822 South Broadway . 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM St. Louis’ Mardi Gras attendance peaked around 500,000 people in 1999, he said, and that was across all of the Mardi Gras events, which start with 12th Night on Jan. 6 and end on Fat Tuesday. 4. You shouldn’t pick up beads off the ground and wear them. Once beads “hit the ground, they're considered dead and bad luck,” Cullifer said. St. Louis restaurant openings and closings: February 2025; 10 spots to celebrate Mardi Gras in and around St. Louis; Where to eat and drink around Energizer Park this season; Side Project Pizza opens in Maplewood; New mobile fish fry from Grace Meat + Three coming to Crestwood; Afandi Kitchen showcases the bold flavors of Uyghur Cuisine in 1:30 PM | D'Iberville - North Bay Mardi Gras Association Parade. Monday, March 3 5:30 PM | Bay St. Louis - Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse Lundi Gras Parade. Tuesday, March 4, Mardi Gras 1 PM | Bay St. Louis - Krewe of Real People 1 PM | Biloxi - Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras Parade Never before seen in St. Louis! the #1 dj in the world JOHN SUMMIT is coming to Mardi Gras St. Louis at the PLAYR1 Tent | Social Bar and Grill Soulard. Welcome to Soulard Mardi Gras! Home of the Bud Light Grand Parade, Purina Pet Parade, and much more. (St. Vincent De Paul) 1822 S Broadway: South Broadway & Geyer The St. Louis area has a wide variety of events that are happening every day of the week*. 2025 until Mar 04, 2025 | Morpho Mardi Gras at the Butterfly House in
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