01/12/2025
FIRST PARADE ROLLS IN TWO MONTHS!
Downtown Mobile is about to hit full stride for the 2026 Mardi Gras season, with over 40 parades set to roll – and the very first one now only two months out. The city’s streets, balconies, and barricades will soon be buzzing again as the season’s earliest revelers take their places along the route.
The Conde Cavaliers will set things in motion on Jan. 30, firing up the opening night of parading. The organization traces its name to the historic French general, Prince de Condé — the same figure who inspired the name of Fort Condé — tying the kickoff to one of Mobile’s oldest storylines.
And as tradition holds, the Order of Myths will bring the curtain down on Mardi Gras 2026, rolling last at 6 p.m. on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 17. Their procession will close out more than two weeks of parading, revelry, and the rituals that make Mobile’s carnival season unlike any other.
Most parades use Route A. All the routes can be viewed on the city’s Mardi Gras web page at http://www.cityofmobile.org/mardigras/
Here’s the 2026 downtown schedule:
Friday, January 30
6:30 pm - Conde Cavaliers
Saturday, January 31
2:00 pm - Bayport Parading Society
6:30 pm - Pharaohs' Mystic Society
7:00 pm - Conde Explorers
Thursday, February 5
6:30 pm - Order of Polka Dots
Friday, February 6
6:30 pm - Order of Inca
Saturday, February 7
1:00 pm - Mobile Mystics
1:30 pm - Mobile Mystical Revelers
2:00 pm - Mobile Mystical Friends
6:30 pm - Maids of Mirth (Route G)
7:00 pm - Order of Butterfly Maidens
7:30 pm - Krewe of Marry Mates
Sunday, February 8
6:30 pm - Neptune’s Daughters
7:00 pm - Order of Isis
Monday, February 9
6:30 pm - Order of Venus
7:00 pm - Miracle On the Bay
7:30 pm - Order of Many Faces
Tuesday, February 10
6:30 pm - Order of LaShe’s
7:00 pm - Order of Olympia
Thursday, February 12
6:30 pm - Mystic Stripers Society
Friday, February 13
6:30 pm - Crewe of Columbus
7:00 pm - Krewe de Secondline
Saturday, February 14
12:00 noon - Floral Parade
12:30 pm - Knights of Mobile
1:00 pm - Mobile Mystical Ladies
1:30 pm - Order of Angels
2:00 pm - Joy of Life
5:45 pm - Mystics of Time (Route H)
Sunday, February 15 - JOE CAIN DAY
2:00 pm - King Elexis I (Route E)
2:30 pm - Joe Cain Marchers
3:00 pm - Joe Cain Society
Monday, February 16 - LUNDI GRAS
11:30 am - King Felix III Parade
12:00 - Floral Parade
2:00 pm - MLK Business & Civic Organization Parade (Route D)
2:30 pm - MLK Monday Mystics (Route D)
3:00 pm - Northside Merchants (Route D)
6:30 pm - Infant Mystics (Route F)
7:00 pm - Order of Doves (Route F)
Tuesday, February 17 - FAT TUESDAY
10:30 am - Order of Athena
12:30 pm - Knights of Revelry
1:00 pm - King Felix III Parade
1:30 pm - Comic Cowboys
2:00 pm - MAMGA Mammoth (Route B)
6:00 pm - Order of Myths (Route C)
