Mardi Gras

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

A celebration so big it lasts over multiple weeks, Mardi Gras in Mobile is the oldest annual Carnival celebration in the United States. Started by Nicholas Langlois in 1703, fifteen years before New Orleans was founded, the festival began as a French Catholic tradition – a “Fat Tuesday” party to precede the Lenten season. Mardi Gras has evolved on the Alabama Gulf Coast into a mainstream fun-for-the-whole-family celebration filled with public parades, parties, floats, and everyone’s favorite, “throws” – gifts of necklaces, coins, small toys, candy, and moon pies tossed to revelers along the event routes. With numerous parades to catch, including Fairhope’s own Mystic Mutts and Maids of Jubilee, among others, Mardi Gras is a special time to “let the good times roll” and enjoy an unforgettable visit to Alabama.



February, 2026, Eastern Shore Tentative Mardi Gras Parade Schedule

Friday, February 7
6:45 pm- Apollo’s Mystic Ladies (Daphne)

Saturday, February 7
6:30 pm- Knights of Ecor Rouge (Fairhope)

Friday, February 13
6:45 pm- Maids of Jubilee (Fairhope)

Saturday, February 14
11 am- Foley Parade (Foley)
2 pm- Krewe of Mullet Mates (Mullet Point)
6:00 pm- Mystics of Pleasure (Orange Beach)
6:45 pm- The Shadow Barons (Daphne)

Sunday, February 15
1 pm- Fort Morgan Parading Society (Fort Morgan)
2:29 pm- Loyal Order of the Fire Truck (Daphne)

Monday, February 16 (Lundi Gras)
6:45 pm- Order of Mystic Magnolias (Fairhope)

Tuesday, February 17 (Fat Tuesday)
10 am- Gulf Shores Parade
(Gulf Shores)
2 pm- Orange Beach Parade (Orange Beach)