Mobile celebrates Mardi Gras Day on Fat Tuesday

Mobile, Alabama is proud to be the home of Mardi Gras, with the first celebration dating back more than 300 years to 1703. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras Day, is the culmination of weeks of parades, balls, celebrations, and everything in between. For Mobilians, this is the most sacred time of the year, and we […]

Southern Living proclaims Mobile ‘the real birthplace’ of Mardi Gras

Mobile, Alabama has been the South's most popular holiday celebration destination for over 300 years. From King Cake and MoonPies to participating in “The Big Parade.” something for everyone During Azalea City's historic Mardi Gras celebration. Cartridge Blackwell, curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum, said: southern living Magazine about Mardi Gras on mobile. “Carnival is […]