Your guide to Mardi Gras parades across Alabama
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Mardi Gras season is here, and cities across Alabama are getting ready to celebrate with parades, beads and festive traditions.
While Mobile is known as the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S., cities across the state host their own parades each year, offering plenty of ways to join in on the fun outside of Mobile.
To help you plan, we’ve organized Mardi Gras parades happening in cities across Alabama outside of Mobile.
North Alabama
Mardi Gras in North Alabama isn’t all beads and big crowds like the coast, but it’s full of hometown energy and community traditions.
From Athens to Huntsville, folks come out for parades that feel familiar and fun, with local krewes, floats and plenty of throws. These towns make Carnival season worth the road trip.
- Athens: Mardi Gras Parade with a Purpose — Feb. 17
- Decatur: Carnegie Carnival Parade — Feb. 14
- Gadsden: Gadsden Mardi Gras Parade and Celebration — Feb. 7
- Huntsville: Mardi Gras Huntsville Grand Parade — Feb. 14
- Huntsville: Krewe of Barkus Dog Parade — Feb. 14
Central Alabama
Central Alabama’s Mardi Gras scene has something for everyone who wants more than just Gulf Coast celebrations. Around Auburn, Wetumpka, Millbrook, and beyond, cities bring their own flavor to the season with parades that turn downtown streets into festive routes. If you want to catch beads and support local traditions, this is where to look.
- Auburn: Mardi Gras Parade & Krewe Krawl — Feb. 14
- Auburn: Krewe de Tigris Parade — Feb. 14
- Birmingham: Mardi Gras Parade & Krewe Krawl — Feb. 14
- Hoover: L’amour Rouler Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 14
- Millbrook: Revelers Mardi Gras Festival & Parade — Feb. 7
- Prattville: Prattville Mardi Gras Celebration — Jan. 31
- Talladega: Talladega Mardi Gras Parade
- Wetumpka: Wetumpka Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 14
South Alabama
Outside of Mobile, South Alabama is where Mardi Gras really lights up. From the Wiregrass up to the Eastern Shore and along the Gulf, parades roll early and often, with floats, throws, and community pride on full display. Whether you’re in Fairhope, Foley, or Orange Beach, there’s a festive route ready to be part of your Carnival weekend.
- Daphne: Apollo’s Mystic Ladies Parade — Feb. 6
- Daphne: The Shadow Barons Parade — Feb. 14
- Daphne: Loyal Order of the Fire Truck Parade — Feb. 15
- Dothan: Krewe of Kolosse Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 14
- Elberta: Order of Raskalz Parade — Jan. 31
- Fairhope: Knights of Ecor Rouge Parade — Feb. 7
- Fairhope: Mystic Mutts of Revelry Parade — Feb. 7
- Fairhope: Maids of Jubilee Parade — Feb. 13
- Fairhope: Krewe of Mullet Mates Parade — Feb. 14
- Fairhope: Order of Mystic Magnolias Parade — Feb. 16
- Foley: Foley Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 14
- Fort Morgan: Fort Morgan Parading Society Parade — Feb. 15
- Gulf Shores: Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 17
- Loxley: Knights of Cote d’Azur Parade — Feb. 14
- Loxley: Les Belles des Camelias Parade — Feb. 15
- Orange Beach: Mystics of Pleasure Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 14
- Orange Beach: Moon Pies on Main Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 16
- Orange Beach: Orange Beach Mardi Gras Parade — Feb. 17
Looking for even more Mardi Gras parade and route details across Alabama? Check out 60+ parade schedules and routes here.
Which Mardi Gras parade will you be heading to this year? Tag us @thebamabuzz and let us know where you’ll be catching beads.
