Pensacola Mardi Gras Parade 2024

Live Stream, Parade Schedule, TV Coverage, Dates, Start Time

Pensacola Mardi Gras is one of the largest celebrations taking place in Florida each year, including a series of events such as the Mardi Gras Kick Off Celebration and Fat Tuesday party.

When it comes to Mardi Gras in this town though the highlight without a shadow of a doubt is the Pensacola Grand Mardi Gras parade, which unusually for these kind of parades actually takes place on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday itself.

The Pensacola Mardi Gras is also one of the oldest in the United States, tracing its roots as far back as 1874, and in its current incarnation it typically runs for a whole month before mardi gras, with a series of parades building up to the Grand parade, which is watched by crowds estimated at well over 100,000 on the streets and many more thanks to the local TV and media coverage.

You can see our full range of live coverage of mardi gras and carnival events around the world here: Watch Mardi Gras live

Parade Schedule, Routes

The main events that make up the Pensacola mardi gras celebrations this year are as follows:

Saturday 6th January from 5pm - 11pm

Carnival Kick Off Celebration is being held at downtown Pansacola on South Jefferson Street. The official Kick Off will be inside Seville Quarter at 5pm where the blessing of the floats will also take place.

Saturday 3rd February

Krewe of Jesters Ball

Saturday 11th February

Navarre Parade at 1pm beginning at the corner of Indiana

Friday 9th February

Krewe of Lafitte Illuminated Parade at 7pm downtown Pensacola

Saturday 10th February from 2pm - 7pm

Pensacola Mardi Gras Grand Parade

The Grand Parade is the highlight of mardi gras in Pensacola and gets underway at 2pm, usually lasting until around 7pm. The parade takes place on Palafox and Garden Streets in Pensacola downtown.

Sunday 11th February

Krewe of Wrecks Beach Parade from 1pm down Via de Luna

Tuesday 13th February Fat Tuesday Celebration.

On Fat Tuesday, Seville Quarter is transformed in the French Quarter as the coroniation of King and Queen Priscus takes place followed by celebrations at Phineas Phogg's! From 5pm.

For all the Mardi Gras 2023 events in Pensacola see the official calendar here

TV & Live Streaming

There is generally good TV coverage available of the Grand Parade via the local TV networks, most of which also now provide online streaming options too. We will provide any links here as and when we locate them so please check back nearer parade day.

In the meantime you can check out some local Pensacola views on some of the many excellent live webcams in the town, which will also come in handy for watching the Krewe of Wrecks beach parade on the Sunday:

Pensacola webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

Pensacola, as with pretty much anywhere in Florida, is very popular around this time of year thanks to the warm climate that brings visitors flooding south from across the country. You can therefore expect to pay relatively high seasonal prices for accommodation, and we recommend making reservations well in advance to secure the best spots.

You can check out availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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