Make your Mardi Gras Plans Now with our list of Local Events!

UPCOMING MARDI GRAS PARADES & FESTIVALS

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS
The Krewe de Yak’s 7th Annual Mardi Gras Parade and Festival will be held Jan. 23 on Circle Drive in DeFuniak Springs. The Street fair and Car Show will begin at 11 a.m. and GrasFest will once again be the place to be for food, fun, and family-friendly entertainment celebrating the Carnival season. The Grand Parade will roll at 3 p.m.
For more information, call 850-419-5977 or email [email protected].

DESTIN COMMONS
Laissez les bons temps rouler or Let the Good Times Roll and join Destin Commons  for their annual Mardi Gras Masquerade from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 12. Enjoy live music, free face painting, photo booth, and more. Mardi Gras parade will kick off at 7 p.m.

If interested in having your business or organization participate in the parade, email [email protected].

VILLAGE OF BAYTOWNE WHARF
The streets at The Village of Baytowne Wharf will be filled with costumed dogs and their humans along with unique and colorful floats, golf carts, and pick up trucks at 2 p.m. Feb. 14. Mardi Gras music will fill the air as four-pawed friends and parade participants shower parade-goers with a barrage of beads, moon pies, and other trinkets.

PENSACOLA BEACH - LIGHTED BOAT PARADE
Saturday, February 6, 6 p.m. Hosted by the Pensacola Beach Chamber in conjunction with their Indulge promotion, a Mardi Gras-themed lighted boat parade starting at 6 p.m. from Sabine Marina in Little Sabine Bay. The parade will wind its way around the Santa Rosa Sound to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk and then circle back. Shaggy’s or Frisky Dolphin to watch the line up, or secure a seat at a soundfront restaurant or bar, the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk or any sandy spot. Want to enter your boat? pensacolabeachchamber.com or 850-932-1500.

Watch for any additional announcements of Mardi Gras celebrations.