Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Everything you need to know about mardi gras, including updated parade routes, traditions, the best places to get mardi gras beads, masks, king cakes and more! Mardi gras day is february 17, 2026 Fat tuesday is the last day of the carnival season as it always falls the day before ash wednesday, the first day of lent. The date of mardi gras changes every year because it's connected to easter, which can fall on any sunday between march 23 and april 25 Mardi gras day always takes place 47 days before easter.
It is filled with parades, balls and other celebrations leading up to mardi gras, which is french for “fat tuesday.” mardi gras is always the tuesday before ash wednesday. The king and his royal court would travel from the river to city hall in grand carriages where the mayor and various city officials would present rex with the keys to the city and grant him temporary rule of the city beginning at sunrise on mardi gras morning. Mardi gras traditions mardi gras is about music, parades, picnics, floats and excitement It's one big holiday in new orleans Revelers know to wear costumes or at least dress in purple, green, and gold, and adorn themselves with long beads caught from the floats of previous parades. Mardi gras may be an ancient celebration but there's always something new to discover
