Mardi-Gras

Parking in Church Street East is enforced by the Mobile Police Department. Parking guidelines apply to both residents and visitors alike. If you do not follow the guidelines you may be subject to receive a ticket, vehicle tow or both. Church Street East vehicle decals are for identification only and do not guarantee you a parking spot. Please place the decal on bottom of the DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDSHEILD.

There is NO PARKING on the NORTH side and WEST side of any street at anytime during parades.

The only entrance/exit for the neighborhood will be at the service road at Canal Street And Warren Street. Before parades police will be regulating traffic at this access point and may close the barricade if there is no more parking available.

Mardi Gras In Church Street East

Parking in areas posted with gold parade route signs PROHIBITED

Double parking (on both sides of street) PROHIBITED

Parking with 15 feet of a fire hydrant PROHIBITED

Parking within 30 feet of an intersection PROHIBITED

Vehicles blocking the roadway or a driveway will be towed at owner's expense

Friday, Feb. 10

6:30 p.m. - Conde Cavaliers (Mobile, Route A)

Saturday, Feb. 11

2 p.m. - Bayport Parading Society, Mystic DJ Riders (Mobile, Route A)

6:30 p.m. - Pharaohs, Order of Hebe (Mobile, Route A)

7:00 p.m. - Conde Explorers (Mobile, Route A)

Thursday, Feb. 16

6:30 p.m. - Order of Polka Dots (Mobile, Route A)

Friday, Feb. 17

6:30 p.m. - Order of Inca (Mobile, Route A)

Saturday, Feb. 18

2:00 p.m. - Mobile Mystics (Mobile, Route A)

2:30 p.m. - Mobile Mystical Revelers (Mobile, Route A)

6:30 p.m. - Maids of Mirth (Mobile, Route A)

7:00 p.m. - Butterfly Maidens (Mobile, Route A)

7:30 p.m. - Krewe of Marry Mates (Mobile, Route A)

Sunday, Feb. 19

6:30 p.m. - Neptune's Daughters (Mobile, Route A)

7:00 p.m. - Order of Isis (Mobile, Route A)

Monday, Feb. 20 (President's Day)

6:30 p.m. - Order of Venus, Order of Many faces (Mobile, Route A)

Tuesday, Feb. 21

6:30 p.m. - Order of LaShe's (Mobile, Route A)

Thursday, Feb. 23

6:30 p.m. - Mystic Stripers (Mobile, Route A)

Friday, Feb. 24

6:30 p.m. - Crewe of Columbus (Mobile, Route A)

Saturday, Feb. 25

Noon - Floral Parade, Knights of Mobile, Mobile Mystical Ladies, Order of Angels (Mobile, Route A)

6:00 p.m. - Mystics of Time (Mobile, Route A)

6:45 p.m. - Shadow Barons (Daphne)

Sunday, Feb. 26 (Joe Cain Day)

2:30 p.m. - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Route A)

5:00 p.m. - Le Krewe de Bienville (Mobile, Route A)

Monday, Feb. 27 (Lundi Gras)

Noon - King Felix III and Floral parades (Mobile, Route A)

3:00 p.m. - MLK Business and Civic Organization (Mobile, Route D)

3:30 p.m. - MLK Monday Mystics (Mobile, Route D)

4:00 p.m. - Northside Merchants (Mobile, Route D)

6:30 p.m. - Infant Mystics (Mobile, Route F)

Tuesday, Feb. 28 (Fat Tuesday)

10:30 a.m. - Order of Athena (Mobile, Route A)

12:30 p.m. - Knights of Revelry (Mobile, Route A)

1:30 p.m. - Comic Cowboys (Mobile, Route A)

2:00 p.m. - MAMGA Mammoth Parade (Mobile, Route B)

6:00 p.m. - Order of Myths (Mobile, Route C)

Mardi Gras Parade Schedule 2017

Mardi Gras Parade Routes 2016

Mobile's Mardi Gras is the oldest pre-Lenten carnival celebration in the United States and Church Street East is right here in the middle of it all. Over 25 mystic organizations parade through our historic district each year as thousands of eager revelers line the streets. The information found on this page is designed to help you have a safe and happy carnival season. Laissez les bons temps rouler!

To report a problem during Mardi Gras, please call Central Events at 208-6304

Future Dates of Mardi Gras

2017 February 28th

2018 February 13th

2019 March 5th

Towed vehicles will be will be taken to a temporary impound lot at Water and Monroe Streets. The temporary fenced lot is located between the former Roussos Restaurant and the Mobile Cruise Terminal under the I-10 roadway.

The lot will be open until 11:00 p.m. each parade night. Vehicles not retrieved by that time will be moved to the permanent impound facility behind the Mobile Police Department Training Academy at 1251 Virginia Street.

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Mardi Gras in Church Street East would not be complete without the arrival of Joe Cain's Merry Widows at the foot of the Church Street Graveyard on Joe Cain Day. Like clockwork the widows return to the grave site of Joseph Stillwell Cain, who is credited with reviving Mardi Gras in Mobile after the War Between the States. Their grief permeates the graveyard and a finer display of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth has never been unveiled.

Who loved him most? That's debatable. You might want to ask Sue Ellen or Scarlet, Pearl, Zelda, Georgia or Tara. Salome, Helen or Camellia. Savannah, Samantha, Emmy Lou, Magnolia or Mary Jane. My guess is Phyliss. In any case, make a Bloody Mary with all of the fixins and head on over to watch the widows on Joe Cain Day. You'll be glad you did.

The widows arrive at the Church Street Graveyard at 11:25 am and depart at 11:45am

Joe Cain's Merry Widows

Mobile Parade Route B

Mobile Parade Route F