With less than three weeks away from the first parade rolling in downtown Mobile, crowds braved the cold for the annual Mardi Gras Tree Lighting at Mardi Gras Park
) - Mardi Gras season has finally returned to the Alabama Gulf Coast. Anticipation is already building ahead of the Port City’s biggest celebration of the year.
Friends and family got their groove on before the biggest moment of the night. Then the countdown was on. The switch was flipped, and the tree lit up in purple, green, and gold, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson doing the honors. The park filled with cheer. ohs, and ahs.
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