Jazz Studio Youth Musicians to March in Mobile’s Conde Cavaliers Parade
Young musicians from Mobile’s Jazz Studio will take to the streets Friday night, marching and playing in the Conde Cavaliers parade as part of an ongoing effort to keep one…
A Mardi Gras Season for the Ages: Packed Parades, Fake Prichard Water Board Cards and a City Cleanup to Remember
Mobile's Carnival season returned in full force this year, drawing packed crowds back downtown and giving parade satirists fresh material in the Prichard Water Board spending scandal.
Mobile Eases Mardi Gras Permit Deadlines as Carnival Groups Weigh COVID-19 Cancellations
Mobile is giving Mardi Gras parading organizations more time and flexibility to decide on 2021 plans, easing permit and ball-cancellation deadlines as several mystic societies call off their events amid…
How to Watch a Mobile Mardi Gras Parade Like a Local: Parking, Potties and the Best Viewing Spots
A local's guide to navigating Mobile's Mardi Gras parades, from picking a viewing spot with easy parking and restroom access to timing your arrival and working the crowd for throws.
Downtown Mobile Rings in New Decade with MoonPie Drop, Then Kicks Off Mardi Gras
Downtown Mobile welcomed the new year and new decade with a Collective Soul concert and the annual MoonPie Drop, then kicked off Mardi Gras season with a Carnival parade tied…
MAMGA Royal Coronation Crowns King Elexis I in Mobile
Mobile's Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association held its 77th annual Royal Coronation, crowning King Elexis I and Queen Morgan amid elaborate custom regalia.
Mobile Reasserts Its Claim as the Birthplace of Mardi Gras
New signs and billboards installed across Mobile stake the city's historic claim as the true birthplace of Mardi Gras ahead of the season's first parades.
The Comic Cowboys: Inside Mobile’s Satirical Mardi Gras Tradition
For more than 130 years, Mobile Mardi Gras group the Comic Cowboys has used satirical signboards to poke fun at each year's biggest headlines.