Charity Spotlight – Canopy NWA: Welcoming Refugees, Empowering Communities
We are pleased to announce the charity chosen for 2025 by our reigning King & Queen, Dirk and Julie Thibodaux, Canopy NWA! Each year we raise money through sponsorships, and donate them to one local charity, chosen by our royalty. We are thrilled to support Canopy...
Float Building Workshop!
Every year at parade time we have SO many people that tell us they want to be in the parade, but don't know how to get started. Well, we've got you covered! This year we're doing something new: We're hosting our very first float-building workshop this Thursday,...
Fat Tuesday Pub & Grub Crawl 2025!
Join us for our first annual Fat Tuesday Pub & Grub Crawl Tuesday March 4, 2025 from 5-10 pm in the Dickson St Entertainment District! Lively Band! Costumes & Prizes! Beads, beads, and more beads! For years we gathered on Dickson Street on Fat Tuesday,...
Welcome Our Newest Krewe – Cirque Atomique!
Fayetteville Mardi Gras is pleased to welcome our newest krewe, Cirque Atomique! If you were at last year's parade, you will recognize them as Atomic Falls. And you may also remember them as the winners of our New Entry Contest! Cirque Atomique believes in bringing...
This Year’s Charity: Tri Cycle Farms!
For 2024, our 31st anniversary, our Royalty has chosen to support Tri Cycle Farms in Fayetteville. Tri Cycle Farms is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to grow community through soil. From their website, here is the farm’s story: Tri Cycle Farms is a...
Did You Know??
Did you know that the organization that runs the Fayetteville Mardi Gras is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit? For decades The Committee for Mardi Gras, Inc. has been donating proceeds from our fundraising to local charities! Each year we raise funds from parade registrations,...
A Big Welcome to Music MOVES!
We are thrilled to welcome Music Moves to our celebration! Music Moves, whose mission is to make Black music accessible to students and to our communities through performance and education, will be hosting The Arkansas Black Music and Film Expo on February 17th and...
Do You Have What It Takes? (NEW ENTRY CONTEST!)
Do you find yourself standing on the sidelines, watching parades go by? Do you think to yourself "I wish I could be IN the parade for once"? Well, what's holding you back? We LOVE it when new people catch the Mardi Gras spirit, and decide to come play with us! Get...
This Year’s Charity: Peace at Home Family Shelter
Each year we raise funds from parade registrations, sponsorships, and donations from the community and businesses to pay expenses for the parade, and to support one or more local charities. The charities are chosen each year by our Royalty, and a check is presented at...
The Big Mask Project Joins The Fun!
The Big Mask Project is a group of box based carry-sculptures of various sizes made for adults to use in parades, or any time they feel like wearing a brightly colored crazy looking box on their head. Susan Clifton, organizer, made the group over the course of the...