Mardi Gras 2019

2019 Mardi Gras Events

Lafayette Parish

 MAR 1-5 – Le Festival de Mardi Gras à Lafayette. Cajun Field, Lafayette. Carnival rides & games, live music, food vendors, parades roll through festival grounds. Times vary.

 MAR 4 – Queen Evangeline’s Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 6 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Mardi Gras Show at Clark Field. Clark Field Stadium, Lafayette.

 MAR 5 – King Gabriel’s Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 10 a.m.

 MAR 5 – Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 1 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Independent Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 2:30 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Southwest Mardi Gras Association Pageant & Ball. Heymann Performing Arts Center and Frem F. Boustany Convention Center, 1373 S College Rd., Lafayette.

St. Landry Parish

 MAR 5 – Half-Fast Krewe of Frank Mardi Gras Parade. 600 E Landry St., Opelousas. 9 a.m.

 MAR 1-5 – Eunice Mardi Gras Celebration. Walnut & 2nd St., Eunice.

 MAR 4 – Lundi Gras Boucherie. Lakeview Park & Beach, 1717 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Eunice.

 MAR 5 – Courir de Mardi Gras & Chicken Run. 501 Samuel Dr., Eunice. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

Iberia Parish

 MAR 1-4 – Grand Marais Mardi Gras Dances. Mon Ami, 7304 E Hwy. 90, Jeanerette, Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Sun. 7 p.m.-12 a.m., Mon. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Costume judging at 11 p.m. Fri-Sat., and at 10 p.m. Sun-Mon. Admission fee.

 MAR 5 – Grand Marais Mardi Gras Parade. Hwy 90 E at College Rd., Jeanerette. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Krewe of Coteau Mardi Gras Parade. Francis Romero Memorial Park & LA 88, Coteau. 1 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Family Affair Mardi Gras Parade. Main St., Loreauville. 2 p.m.

St. Mary Parish

 MAR 4 – Krewe of Amani Parade. Parade begins at Patterson High School on Hwy. 182/Main St. and continues down Hwy. 182/Main St. to Place Norman Shopping Center 2 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Franklin Mardi Gras Parade. Franklin. Begins at Franklin Senior High School on Main St., proceeds east on Main St., making a U-turn and then continues onto Willow St. The parade then turns right onto Third St., disbanding at the end of Third St. 1 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Krewe of Hephaestus Parade. Morgan City. Begins on the corner of Sixth and Sycamore St., proceeds on Sixth St. to Marguerite St. to Ninth St./Hwy. 70, to Clothilde, to Victor II Blvd. and ending at the Morgan City Auditorium on Myrtle St. 2 p.m.

St. Martin Parish

Acadia Parish

 MAR 5 – Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival. Downtown, Iota. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

 MAR 5 – Carnival D’Acadie (Mardi Gras). Downtown, Crowley. Fair, live music and street dance, costume contests, parade. 10-5 p.m.

Evangeline Parish

MAR 5 – Mamou Mardi Gras. Downtown, Mamou. 337-468-3175.

Vermilion Parish

MAR 5 – Krewe Chic-A-La-Pie Mardi Gras Parade. Downtown, Kaplan. 2 p.m.

Jefferson Davis Parish

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