Mardi Gras is sort of a moveable feast, and we’re in for a couple of big swings. For 2025, Fat Tuesday falls on March 4, three weeks later than 2024’s Feb. 13 date.

How much of a difference does that make? Quite a bit. In 2024, the region’s first major parade, the Krewe de la Dauphine, rolled on Dauphin Island on Jan. 13. The Conde Cavaliers kicked off Mobile’s downtown parade season on Jan. 26 and things were in high gear by the time Counting Crows played a rainy post-parade Senior Bowl concert on Feb. 3.

In 2025, there’s no football overlap. The Reese’s Senior Bowl will present the Eli Young Band in Cathedral Square on Jan. 31, and the Cavaliers won’t hit the streets of downtown until Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. That means NFL fans also will get the Feb. 9 Super Bowl out of the way before the parades roll.

Don’t get used to it. Fat Tuesday shifts all the way up to Feb. 17 in 2026 and Feb. 9 in 2027, meaning parades may start before you’ve packed away your Christmas décor.

The following information on major municipal parades is drawn from the City of Mobile’s Mardi Gras webpages, the Mobile Carnival Museum and various town and city websites. Additional parades will be added as dates are verified. To submit parades for possible inclusion, email details to [email protected].

Parades in downtown Mobile roll on Route A unless otherwise noted. For full details of the routes, visit www.cityofmobile.org/mardigras.

Mardi Gras 2025

Saturday, Feb. 1: Krewe de la Dauphine, 1 p.m., Dauphin Island

Saturday, Feb. 8: Dauphin Island People’s Parade, 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 14: Conde Cavaliers, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Saturday, Feb. 15: Mystic Krewe of Salty Paws pet parade, 10 a.m., Dauphin Island

Saturday, Feb. 15: Elberta Mardi Gras parade, 2 p.m., starts on Kichler Circle

Saturday, Feb. 15: Bayport Parading Society, Mystic DJ Riders, 2:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Saturday, Feb. 15: Pharoahs Mystic Society, Conde Explorers, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Sunday, Feb. 16: Massacre Island Secret Society tableau, Dauphin Island

Thursday, Feb. 20: Order of Polka Dots, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Friday, Feb. 21: Order of Inca, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Friday, Feb. 21: Apollo’s Mystic Ladies, 6:45 p.m., downtown Daphne

Saturday, Feb. 22: Mobile Mystics, Mobile Mystical Revelers, Mobile Mystical Friends, 1 p.m., downtown Mobile

Saturday, Feb. 22: Mystic Mutts of Revelry, “The Real House Dogs of the Eastern Shore,” 3 p.m., downtown Fairhope

Saturday, Feb. 22: Knights of Ecor Rouge, 6:30 p.m., downtown Fairhope

Saturday, Feb. 22: Maids of Mirth 6:30 p.m., Route G, downtown Mobile

Saturday, Feb. 22: Order of Butterfly Maidens, Krewe of Marry Mates, 7 p.m., downtown Mobile

Sunday, Feb. 23: Neptune’s Daughters, Order or Isis, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Monday, Feb. 24: Order of Venus, Order of Many Faces, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Tuesday, Feb. 25: Order of LaShe’s, Order of Olympia, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Wednesday, Feb. 26: No parades scheduled for downtown Mobile

Thursday, Feb. 27: Mystic Stripers Society, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Friday, Feb. 28: Crewe of Columbus, Krewe de Secondline, 6:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Friday, Feb. 28: Maids of Jubilee, 6:45 p.m., downtown Fairhope

Saturday, March 1: Krewe de Kaoz Foley Mardi Gras Parade, 11 a.m., downtown Foley

Saturday, March 1: Floral Parade, Knights of Mobile, Mobile Mystical Ladies, Order of Angels, Joy of Life, noon-2 p.m., downtown Mobile

Saturday, March 1: LuLu’s Mardi Gras Party and Orange Beach-Gulf Shores Boat Parade, details TBA

Saturday, March 1: Mystics of Time, 5:45 p.m., Route H, downtown Mobile

Saturday, March 1: The Marshalls and Mystics of Pleasure, 5:30 p.m., Perdido Beach Boulevard in Orange Beach, from Phoenix West to the Publix shopping center at Ala. 161

Saturday, March 1: The Shadow Barons, 6:45 p.m., downtown Daphne

Joe Cain Day

Sunday, March 2: Alba Temple Motorcade, noon, Route I from the Abba Temple Shrine at Hitt Road and Schillinger Road to downtown Mobile

Sunday, March 2: King Elexis I, 2 p.m., Route E, downtown Mobile, South Broad Street, Texas Street and Washington Avenue

Sunday, March 2: Joe Cain Marchers, Joe Cain Society, 2:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Sunday, March 2: Le Krewe de Bienville, 5 p.m., downtown Mobile

Lundi Gras

Monday, March 3: King Felix III Parade, Flora Parade, noon, downtown Mobile

Monday, March 3: MLK Business & Civic Organization, MLK Monday Mystics, Northside Merchants, 3 p.m., Route D, west on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Lexington Avenue, then east on St. Stephens Road and Spring Hill Avenue to Washington Avenue

Monday, March 3: Order of Mystic Magnolias, 6:45 p.m., downtown Fairhope

Monday, March 3: Infant Mystics, Order of Doves, 7 p.m., Route F, downtown Mobile

Fat Tuesday

Tuesday, March 4: Gulf Shores Mardi Gras Parade, 10 a.m., begins at the intersection of Ala. 59 and East Beach Boulevard and travels along East Beach Boulevard to the Gulf State Park Pier Road

Tuesday, March 4: Order of Athena, 10 a.m., downtown Mobile

Tuesday, March 4: Knights of Revelry, King Felix III Parade, Comic Cowboys, 12:30 p.m., downtown Mobile

Tuesday, March 4: MAMGA Mammoth Parade, 2 p.m., Route B, loops west on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Lexington Avenue, then east on St. Stephens Road and Spring Hill Avenue before following most of Route A through downtown Mobile

Tuesday, March 4: Orange Beach Mardi Gras Parade, 2 p.m., Perdido Beach Boulevard in Orange Beach, from Phoenix West to the Publix shopping center at Ala. 161.

Tuesday, March 4: Order of Myths, 6 p.m., Route C, downtown Mobile