Cain Raisers Cut From 2024 Joe Cain Parade Lineup Over Bylaws Dispute
One of Mobile Mardi Gras’ founding traditions will be missing from the 2024 Joe Cain Parade, as preparations for the season get underway. The Cain Raisers — the two floats…
Mobile Mardi Gras Crowds Top 200,000 Again as Parade Season Builds Toward Fat Tuesday
Mobile Police estimate more than 200,000 people attended Mardi Gras parades during the second week of Carnival, pushing the season total past 340,000 as the city heads into its final…
Mardi Gras Park Opened in Downtown Mobile in 2018
After more than a year of construction, Mardi Gras Park opened to the public in downtown Mobile in January 2018.
1065 Music Festival Eco-Team Calls for Recycling Volunteers in Downtown Mobile
The Cleaner, Greener LoDa Committee's Eco-Team is recruiting volunteers to run a recycling program at the 1065 Music Festival in Downtown Mobile, building on a successful effort at the Dauphin…
New Mobile Mardi Gras Crewe Honors ‘Man of Many Faces’ Legacy
Descendants of Mardi Gras masking legend Louis Diemert formed the Order of Many Faces, a new Mobile crewe set to debut with six floats in 2016.
Historic Mobile Orphanage to Become ‘Cotton Hall’ Mardi Gras Lodge
One of Mobile's oldest Mardi Gras societies plans to restore the 1845 Protestant Children's Home downtown into a new meeting lodge called Cotton Hall.
Mobile’s 62nd Camellia Ball Opens Mardi Gras Season in Monet-Inspired Style
Mobile's Camellia Ball kicked off the 2015 Mardi Gras season with a Monet-inspired garden theme, welcoming 30 young women in their formal debut.
Three Mobile Museums Team Up for New Mardi Gras Art Exhibition
Three of Mobile's largest museums partnered on a new exhibition, timed to the art museum's 50th anniversary, celebrating decades of Mardi Gras artistry.
The Deep Roots of Mobile’s Jewish Community Ahead of Hanukkah
As Hanukkah arrives this month, Mobile’s Jewish community traces a presence in the city back more than 250 years, to the 1760s. That long history has shaped two congregations that…