Le Festival de Mardi Gras
Celebrate Mardi Gras weekend Lafayette style at this five-day festival!
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Cajundome 444 Cajundome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
Lafayette’s Mardi Gras extravaganza with live music, a carnival midway, local food, and lots of parades. Parades all follow the usual Lafayette parade route, starting at the corner of Simcoe and Jefferson Streets, through downtown to Johnston Street, and ending up at Cajun Field, where the festival will be in full swing.
• February 9: Midway rides open 5 pm–11 pm with bands performing throughout the evening
• February 10: The Children’s Parade (12:30 pm) and Krewe of Bonaparte Parade (6:30 pm)
• February 11: Midway rides open 12 pm–11 pm with bands performing throughout the evening
• February 12: Queen Evangeline’s Parade (6:00 pm)
• February 13: King Gabriel’s Parade (10 am); Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade (1 pm); and Townsquare Media Independent Parade (2:30 pm)
Details at gomardigras.com.