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Mardi Gras 2025

The Ultimate Guide to Mobile Mardi Gras

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. Below you'll find parade schedules, recipes, insider tips and everything you need to make this the best Carnival season ever!

Parade Schedule & Routes    |    Culture    |    History    |    Entertaining & Recipes    |    Shop

Mobile Mardi Gras
Parade Schedule 2025

Don't miss a single parade! Click the buttons below to view and download the 2025 Mardi Gras parade schedule, complete with dates, times and routes for all Mobile and Baldwin County parades.

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The Culture of Mobile Mardi Gras

A Mardi Gras Cocktail for Every Kind of Reveler

Whether donning fascinators or partying in the streets this Mardi Gras, there’s a cocktail just right for every Carnival celebration!

Read Me Something, Mister!

How a love of literature and Mobile sparked a Midtown Little Free Library.

The Leading Ladies of Mobile Mardi Gras 2025

Celebrate eight of Mardi Gras’ lovely leading ladies and queens, poised to represent our fair city with frivolity.

Behind the Scenes: Building a Mardi Gras Float

Go behind the scenes as artists get ready for the revelry and see how the pageantry comes to life.

Quiz: You Think You Know Mardi Gras?

Only an in-depth knowledge of the customs, founders and symbols make you a true Mardi Gras aficionado. Answer these 30 questions to see how you rank, Carnival-style.

Designing the Ultimate Mobile Mardi Gras Train

Leading ladies, kings and queens will be dripping in rhinestones and shimmery satins come Mardi Gras. But what does the ultimate Mobile Bay train look like? Designer Julia Greer Fobes maps it out.
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Explore Mobile Mardi Gras History

Three Generations of Mardi Gras Royalty

Discover the glitz and glamour of three generations of Mardi Gras queens.

Searching for the True Beginning of the Cowbellions

A local Mardi Gras historian digs deep into the myth and lore of the origins of the famous rake and cowbells.

What Happened to the Cowbellions?

Mobile’s original mystic society, which reigned supreme over celebration and mirth in 19th-century Mobile, danced into oblivion some 60 years after it was founded.

Ask McGehee: Who was the British nobleman who served as king of Mobile’s Mardi Gras?

The only British-born monarch of Mobile’s Mardi Gras was Arthur Shirley Benn. The year was 1896, but he served under the name of “Emperor of Joy” rather than King Felix.

The Mardi Gras Master of Make-Believe

John Augustus Walker changed the world of float design and made Mobile’s Mardi Gras a sight to behold.

The History of the Excelsior Band

Dating back to 1883, the Excelsior Band has been delighting Mobilians for generations and breaking barriers along the way.
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Mardi Gras Entertaining & Recipes

A Mardi Gras Cocktail for Every Kind of Reveler

Whether donning fascinators or partying in the streets this Mardi Gras, there’s a cocktail just right for every Carnival celebration!

A Front-Row Seat to Joe Cain Day

Next door to history, a neighbor of a Mobile legend honors the dead with sequins, MoonPies and a second line.

Don’t Rain on Our Parade

A close-knit group of Mardi Gras lovers can always be found on Battle House balcony on Fat Tuesday, no matter the weather.

A Good Time Was Had by All

With family history in the venue and family staples on the menu, the Namans know how to let the good times roll.

10 Festive Mardi Gras Recipes

From elaborate MoonPie sweets to cocktails with a kick, these Carnival recipes will get you in the Mardi Gras spirit.

Mardi Gras Cocktail Recipe: Creole 75

Kick off the Mardi Gras season with the celebratory fizz of ice-cold bubbly. Trust us - you'll want to double, or triple, this recipe.
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Shop the Mardi Gras Collection

Get Fat Tuesday ready with Mobile Bay Shop! Browse our collection of Carnival-inspired shirts, ties, hats, socks, huggers, ornaments and more. Enjoy free shipping on all orders over $100!

Mobile Mardi Gras Hat
$30.00

King Cake Socks
$20.00

Ceramic King Cake Ornament
$40.00

Official Mobile Mardi Gras Flag
$60.00

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