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3rd
Largest Mardi Gras Celebration in U.S. Offers
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Beachfront Revelry
on the Texas Coast
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Galveston Island, TX – January
2019 / Newsmaker Alert / If
you’re looking for a unique Mardi Gras experience in 2019, grab some beads
and hit the beach.
Mardi
Gras! Galveston, the third largest Mardi Gras celebration in the United
States, offers the unique chance to experience sand between your toes and
gorgeous beach sunsets while taking in the revelry and lavish parades known
to dominate Galveston Island during carnival season.
The
island’s 108th Mardi Gras celebration, to be held February 22- March 5,
2019, is expected to draw more than 350,000 attendees for 29 live concerts,
23 parades, 22 balcony parties, several elegant balls and some new festive
additions. And, this island-style Mardi Gras has plenty of personality.
Find your Mardi Gras style with these highlights:
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Classic
Revelry – Galveston’s historic downtown entertainment district will
put you in the center of classic Mardi Gras revelry complete with big crowds
and plenty of beads. Nearly all parades go through downtown, where you
can enjoy the view from the street or from above at a balcony party. Main
concert stages are also located downtown, where the event’s headline performances
will take place. The festival’s largest parades also run along the beachfront
on Seawall Boulevard.
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Upscale
Mardi Gras – If you’re looking to catch any of the colorful beads to
be thrown from parade floats and downtown balconies, you don’t have to
stand in the streets to do it. Mardi Gras! Galveston’s elegant side will
feature several masked balls where black-tie attire, lavish buffets, live
performers, dancing and parade viewing invoke the evening festivities.
Popular events include the San Luis Salute hosted by Tilman and Paige Fertitta
and The Tremont House’s Texas A&M Mardi Gras Parade Viewing Party.
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Family
Gras – Sunday, March 3 is Family Gras at Mardi Gras! Galveston, featuring
live family entertainment, plus the Krewe of Barkus & Meoux pet parade,
Mardi Gras Children’s Parade, and the Shriners Hospital Parade in the downtown
entertainment district.
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Fiesta
Gras – Feb. 24 brings the return of the Hispanic heritage celebration
with two parades, live entertainment performances, vendors and a balcony
party.
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Electric
Mardi Gras – Electric Mardi Gras will return in 2019 with a special
concert area at 21st and Mechanic streets in downtown Galveston. This area
will provide one big party for lovers of electronic dance music, with continuous
concerts, beat-thumping DJs and laser light shows on Fridays and Saturdays
throughout the celebration.
Tickets
to Mardi Gras! Galveston
are on sale now. For details, visit www.mardigrasgalveston.com.
About
Mardi Gras! Galveston
Mardi
Gras, the traditional festival of feasting and merrymaking that precedes
the season of Lent, was first publicly observed on Galveston Island in
1867. Following a sabbatical imposed in 1941 by war and challenging times,
Mardi Gras! Galveston was revived in 1985 by Galveston-born preservationist
and developer George P. Mitchell. The largest celebration of its kind in
Texas and the third largest in the nation, Mardi Gras! Galveston brings
the island’s streets to life with parade viewers shouting for beads, lively
tunes played by the colorful marching bands, and the infectious merriment
that dominates the island for two full weeks.
Media
Resources
To
request media passes, submit via our Online
Media Request Form
To
download photos or video footage, visit pressroom.galveston.com
Media
Contact
Mary
Beth Bassett
Public
Relations Director
Galveston
Island Convention & Visitors Bureau
Office:
409-797-5121
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