An economic impact analysis hasn't been performed on Mobile Mardi Gras since 2004. That's a long time, and now Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson would like to see updated figures as decisions loom on ...

Okay, so Mobile Mardi Gras is no secret to the citizens of the state and maybe a few other nearby southerners, but did you know that there's a Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile, Alabama? Better yet ...

The best ways to celebrate Mobile Mardi Gras! The top things to do, food specials, and so much more. Did you know that Mobile ...

Before New Orleans, there was Mobile, Alabama — the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile, founded by Roman Catholics from France in 1702, was home to the first mystic society, or "krewe," ...

Mobile, Alabama’s first big parade of the Mardi Gras season was held Friday night. With clear skies and nighttime temperatures in the 50s, a big crowd was in attendance to go after plastic beads ...

Cart Blackwell is curator at the Mobile Carnival Museum, the oldest such museum in the United States. Most people associate Mardi Gras with New ... The USS Alabama is one of only a handful of ...

As an Alabama native, I think Mobile is the best place for Mardi Gras in the US. The celebrations are less crowded than New Orleans' and just as fun.

Yes! In hand, my first Mobile Mardi Gras Moon Pie. Mardi Gras — as everyone in Alabama routinely reminds you — originated not in New Orleans but in this charming city on Mobile Bay ...

Finding the roots of when Mardi Gras was first celebrated in America is as complicated as the act of celebrating it today is simple.. Some historians say it first appeared in Mobile, Alabama ...

The city that calls itself the “birthplace of Mardi Gras” kicked off its first real Mardi Gras celebration since 2020 after two years that were lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile's first ...