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This year, Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Mardi Gras marks the official end of Carnival, a season of feasting that starts on Twelfth Night, January 6.
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge; Catfish Festival - Des Allemands; The Cochon de Lait - Mansura; Oyster Festival - Amite; International Rice Festival - Crowley; Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron; Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston [2] Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula; Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton
The Lake Charles Mardi Gras celebration is unique in that it is the only place in Louisiana where the public is invited to see the costumes of all the krewes in one place, at the Lake Charles Civic Center. [43] Mardi Gras began in Lake Charles as early as 1882 when King Momus landed on the lakefront to begin the celebration. [44]
New Orleans goes big for Mardi Gras with festive float-filled parades, dazzling balls and other events that draw tourists from around the world, but it’s also a time for local family gatherings.
Mardi Gras may fall on February 13 this year, but that's certainly not when the celebrations begin! In New Orleans, most of the Mardi Gras festivities take place during the two weeks leading up to ...
The 2006 New Orleans Carnival schedule included the Krewe du Vieux on its traditional route through Marigny and the French Quarter on February 11, the Saturday two weekends before Mardi Gras. There were several parades on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday the 19th a week before Mardi Gras.
New Orleans, Louisiana — The last full weekend of June, the NOLA Caribbean Festival [59] host seven events in four days, including pre-parties, pool-parties, parades, and a Caribbean festival with music, food and crafts from all over the Caribbean.
Mardi Gras masks are encouraged as a means to help revelers really let loose. 24. In 2018, The Corps de Napoleon was fined $100 for having 23 unmasked riders on a Mardi Gras parade float in New ...