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 101: How to Pick Your Parade Spot and Survive the Season
Carnival season is in full swing in the Port City, and the Conde Cavaliers are set to roll as downtown Mobile’s first parade of the season Friday night. For newcomers…
Conde Cavaliers Bring the Parade to Students Who Can’t Make It to Mardi Gras
Hours before their Friday night parade rolled through downtown Mobile, the Conde Cavaliers staged a much smaller procession — through the halls of Augusta Evans School, parading for students who…
Conde Cavaliers Open Mobile’s Mardi Gras Parade Season With Route A Run
Mardi Gras 2019 officially got rolling in Mobile on Friday night, as the Conde Cavaliers paraded through downtown as the first mystic society of the season to take the streets,…
Mobile Weighed a Fivefold Parade Permit Fee Increase, Then Pumped the Brakes
Mardi Gras societies push back on fee hike idea Mobile’s parading Mardi Gras societies briefly faced the prospect of paying five times more to roll down the streets of the…
Mobile Special Education Students Turn Recycled Mardi Gras Beads Into $50,000
Students at a west Mobile special-education school raised a record $50,000 this year sorting and reselling donated Mardi Gras beads.
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.
Mardi Gras artistry takes center stage at Mobile Museum of Art
The Mobile Museum of Art drew thousands to its new exhibition spotlighting the costumes, craftsmanship and design behind the city's Mardi Gras.
Mobile County High School Bands Could Earn More for 2015 Mardi Gras Parades
A new pay schedule before the Mobile County school board would set fixed fees for high school bands marching in Mardi Gras parades.
What the Historical Record Says About St. Louis Day and Mobile Carnival
Mobile’s St. Louis Day tradition opens a window onto French colonial history, Carnival folklore and the city’s earliest documented mystic society.