It’s a Mobile Mardi Gras tradition with a murky future: Harper and the 100-plus campers underneath the interstate are being told the end is near for RV City. Mardi Gras concludes with Fat ...

The activity has long been referred to as “uniquely Mobile” addition to Carnival traditions and one aimed at bringing Mardi Gras celebrations to the common people. Joe Cain Day, the day-long ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — One of the first signs that Mardi Gras is truly underway in Mobile is the tradition of campers congregating in the area known as RV City underneath the I-10 bridge.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s the most uniquely Mobile tradition in all of Mardi Gras – Joe Cain Day. Celebrated each year the Sunday before Fat Tuesday, it is a day to honor the legend credited ...

One of the most beloved culinary traditions of Mardi Gras is the king cake ... In the U.S., cities like Mobile, Alabama, and St. Louis, Missouri, host their own parades and festivities.

Rooted in religious traditions and celebrated around the ... Although the very first United States Mardi Gras was in Mobile, Alabama, in 1699, it was officially established in New Orleans in ...

Even if you aren't based in New Orleans for the holiday, there may be a local parade or celebration that you can attend, particularly in cities that have old Mardi Gras traditions such as Mobile ...

To this day, Mobile, Alabama claims to hold the oldest ... The masquerade is an enduring tradition of the Mardi Gras festivities as an opportunity for people to shed their inhibitions and fully ...

This collaborative spirit ensures that Mobile’s Mardi Gras remains a celebration where tradition meets innovation, creating an environment where everyone can participate fully and safely.

Next year, Mardi Gras is on Tuesday, March 4. Fort Louis de la Mobile, located about 60 miles ... run while flipping pancakes in a pan. The tradition dates back to 1445 in Olney, Buckinghamshire ...

Isabel Machado, author of the 2023 book, “Carnival in Alabama: Marked Bodies and Invented Traditions in Mobile,” said Rayford ...