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...
NWA Dog Blog Interviews Our Grand Marshals
We are excited to announce the Grand Marshals for our 29th annual Fat Saturday Parade of Fools: Peter Lane of the Walton Arts Center and his wife Barb Putman of the Community Creative Center! They will be leading the parade with their dog Roxy... listen as NWA Dog...
2020 Parade of Fools!
It's that time again... Mardi Gras 2019 is upon us! Mark your calendars now, as Fayetteville again celebrates Mardi Gras with the 29th anniversary of the FAT SATURDAY PARADE OF FOOLS! Join us on Saturday, February 22nd in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. The parade...
This Year’s Charity: ARTY!
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...
2019 Parade of Fools!
It's that time again... Mardi Gras 2019 is upon us! Mark your calendars now, as Fayetteville again celebrates Mardi Gras with the 28th anniversary of the FAT SATURDAY PARADE OF FOOLS! Join us on Saturday, March 2nd in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. The parade starts...