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Mardi Gras 2024

Mardi Gras LanguageParade SchedulesParade Routes

"Laissez les bons temps rouler"

Nothing about Mardi Gras is predictable – not even the date. Unlike Christmas or the 4th of July which always fall on the same calendar day, the only thing you can count on for sure with Carnival is that Fat Tuesday will fall on, well, a Tuesday. That’s because the date of Easter is tied to the moon (it’s always the first Sunday after the full moon that follows the spring equinox) and Mardi Gras is tied to Easter. Because Easter can fall on any Sunday between March 23 and April 25, and Mardi Gras is always 47 days before Easter, Zulu and Rex can roll on any Tuesday between Feb. 3 through March 9.    

Mardi Gras Language

  • Laissez les bons temps rouler: “Let the good times roll.” This is a popular Cajun-French saying during the carnival season that means, “Let the good times roll.”
  • Lundi Gras: This is the French term for “Fat Monday,” the day before Mardi Gras.
  • Mardi Gras: The French term for “Fat Tuesday,” the day of the Mardi Gras celebrations.
  • Ash Wednesday: This signifies the end of the Mardi Gras season. All the craziness of Mardi Gras comes to an end when the clock strikes Midnight on Ash Wednesday. 
  • King Cake: This is a festive-looking cake that uses Danish dough, cinnamon, glaze topping and sprinkles. There is also a plastic baby that is hidden within the cake, which is meant to represent baby Jesus on the Epiphany.

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Parade routes & schedules provided by the reveler's guide to Mardi Gras.

2024 Parade Schedule

Saturday, January 13

1 p.m. - Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island)

Saturday, January 20

1 p.m. - Dauphin Island People's Parade (Dauphin Island) 

Friday, January 26

6:30 p.m. - Conde Cavaliers (Mobile, Route A)
 

Saturday, January 27

2 p.m. - Bayport Parading Society, Mystic DJ Riders (Mobile, Route A)
2 p.m. - Order of the Rolling River (DIP)

6:30 p.m. - Pharaohs, Conde Explorers (Mobile, Route A) 

Sunday, January 28

6:30 p.m. - Massacre Island Secret Society (Dauphin Island) 

Thursday, February 1

6:30 p.m. - Order of Polka Dots (Mobile, Route A) 

Friday, February 2

6:30 p.m. - Order of Inca (Mobile, Route A)
6:45 p.m. - Apollo's Mystic Ladies (Daphne) 

Saturday, February 3 (Senior Bowl)

1 p.m. - Mobile Mystics, Mobile Mystical Revelers, Mobile Mystical Friends (Mobile, Route A)

6:30 p.m. - Knights of Ecor Rouge (Fairhope)
6:30 p.m. - Maids of Mirth (Mobile, Route G), Order of Butterfly Maidens, Krewe of Marry Mates, Order of Hebe (Mobile, Route A) 

Sunday, February 4

6:30 p.m. - Neptune's Daughters, Order of Isis (Mobile, Route A) 

Monday, February 5

6:30 p.m. - Order of Venus, Miracle on the Bay, Order of Many Faces (Mobile, Route A) 

Tuesday, February 6

6:30 p.m. - Order of LaShe's; Order of Olympia (Mobile, Route A) 

Thursday, February 8

6:30 p.m. - Mystic Stripers Society (Mobile, Route A) 

Mardi Gras Weekend!

laissez les bons temps rouler

 “let the good times roll"

Friday, February 9

6:30 p.m. - Crewe of Columbus, Krewe de Secondline (Mobile, Route A)
6:45 p.m. - Maids of Jubilee (Fairhope) 

Saturday, February 10

11 a.m. - Foley Parade (Foley)
Noon - Floral Parade, Knights of Mobile, Mobile Mystical Ladies, Order of Angels, Joy of Life (Mobile, Route A)
Noon - Krewe of Goats, Prichard Carnival Association (Prichard)
Noon - Krewe of Sparta (Saraland)
2 p.m. - Krewe of Mullet Mates (Mullet Point)
5:45 p.m. - Mystics of Time (Mobile, Route H)
6 p.m. - Mystics of Pleasure (Orange Beach)
6:45 p.m. - The Shadow Barons (Daphne) 

Sunday, February 11 (Joe Cain Day, Super Bowl)

1 p.m. - Fort Morgan Parading Society (Fort Morgan)
2 p.m. - King Elexis I Motorcade (Mobile, Route E)
2:29 p.m. - Loyal Order of the Fire Truck (Daphne)
2.30 p.m. - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Route A)
5 p.m. - Le Krewe de Bienville (Mobile, Route A) 

Monday, February 12 (Lundi Gras)

Noon - King Felix III, Floral Parade (Mobile, Route A)
3 p.m. - MLK Business & Civic, MLK Monday Mystics, Northside Merchants (Mobile, Route D)
6:45 p.m. - Order of Mystic Magnolias (Fairhope)
7 p.m. - Infant Mystics, Order of Doves (Mobile, Route F) 

Tuesday, February 13 (Fat Tuesday)

10 a.m. - Gulf Shores Parade (Gulf Shores)
10 a.m. - Order of Athena (Mobile, Route A)

12:30 p.m. - Knights of Revelry, King Felix III, Comic Cowboys (Mobile, Route A)
2 p.m. - MAMGA Mammoth Parade (Mobile, Route B)
2 p.m. - Orange Beach Parade (Orange Beach)
6 p.m. - Order of Myths (Mobile, Route C) 

This is the earliest, most complete, Mardi Gras parade schedule anywhere, so it's not yet completely correct. But we can guarantee that at least 90 percent of this schedule will look the same by the time Mardi Gras gets here. 

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