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On April 8, 2020, our co-worker and friend Rennie Brabner passed away. Please keep his family and his work family in your prayers. Rennie was many things, including a great storyteller. He is also the creator of the Moonpie Minute. With the blessing of the Brabner family, Moon Pie Minutes continue with the voice of local Mobile historian Stephen McNair.
The Story of Mardi Gras from the Home of Mardi Gras
The MoonPie Minute presented by Toomey's Mardi Gras and Party Supplies, Cammie's Old Dutch Ice Cream Shoppe, The Alabama Port Authority and the Mobile County Sheriff's Office
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1 - KICKING OFF THE 2026 MOONPIE MINUTES - FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026
2 - KREWE DE LA DAUPHINE - SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026
3 - WHY IS MARDI GRAS ON THAT DATE? - SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026
4 - THE MOBILE CARNIVAL MUSEUM - MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026
5 - HERE COMES THE USS FARRAGUT - TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026
6 - MYSTICK KREWE OF COMUS - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2026
7 - THE JOY OF LIFE PARADE - THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
1:00 p.m. – Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
1:00 p.m. – Dauphin Island People’s Parade (Dauphin Island)
6:30 p.m. – Order of Misfits (Robertsdale)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
6:30 p.m. – Conde Cavaliers (Mobile, Route A)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
12:00 p.m. – Order of Raskalz (Elberta)
2:00 p.m. – Bayport Parading Society, Mystic DJ Riders (Mobile, Route A)
6:30 p.m. – Pharaohs, Conde Explorers (Mobile, Route A)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1
6:30 p.m. – Massacre Island Secret Society (Dauphin Island)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
6:30 p.m. – Order of Polka Dots (Mobile, Route A)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
6:30 p.m. – Order of Inca, Order of Kahos (Mobile, Route A)
6:45 p.m. – Apollo’s Mystic Ladies (Daphne)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
1:00 p.m. – Mobile Mystics, Mobile Mystical Revelers, Mobile Mystical Friends (Mobile, Route A)
6:30 p.m. – Knights of Ecor Rouge (Fairhope)
6:30 p.m. – Maids of Mirth (Mobile, Route G)
7:00 p.m. – Order of Butterfly Maidens, Krewe of Marry Mates (Mobile, Route A)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
6:30 p.m. – Neptune’s Daughters, Order of Isis (Mobile, Route A)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9
6:30 p.m. – Order of Venus, Miracle on the Bay, Order of Many Faces (Mobile, Route A)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
6:30 p.m. – Order of LaShe’s, Order of Olympia (Mobile, Route A)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
6:30 p.m. – Mystic Stripers Society (Mobile, Route A)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
6:30 p.m. – Crewe of Columbus, Krewe de Secondline (Mobile, Route A)
6:30 p.m. – Maids of Jubilee (Fairhope)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
11:00 a.m. – Foley Parade (Foley)
12:00 p.m. – Floral Parade, Knights of Mobile, Mobile Mystical Ladies, Order of Angels, Krewe of Saint Jude (Mobile, Route A)
12:00 p.m. – Krewe of Goats, Prichard Carnival Association (Prichard)
12:00 p.m. – Krewe of Sparta (Saraland)
2:00 p.m. – Krewe of Mullet Mates (Mullet Point)
2:00 p.m. – Daphmont Parade (Daphmont)
5:45 p.m. – Mystics of Time (Mobile, Route H)
6:00 p.m. – Mystics of Pleasure (Orange Beach)
6:30 p.m. – Knights of Cote d’Azur (Loxley)
6:45 p.m. – The Shadow Barons (Daphne)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 – JOE CAIN DAY
1:00 p.m. – Fort Morgan Parading Society (Fort Morgan)
2:00 p.m. – King Elexis I Motorcade (Mobile, Route E)
2:29 p.m. – Loyal Order of the Fire Truck (Daphne)
2:30 p.m. – Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Route A)
3:00 p.m. – Les Belles des Camelias (Loxley)
4:00 p.m. – Le Krewe de Bienville (Mobile, Route A)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 – LUNDI GRAS
11:30 a.m. – King Felix III Parade, Floral Parade (Mobile, Route A)
2:00 p.m. – MLK Business and Civic Organization, MLK Monday Mystics, Northside Merchants Parade (Route D)
6:30 p.m. – Infant Mystics, Order of Doves (Mobile, Route F)
6:30 p.m. – Order of Mystic Magnolias (Fairhope)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – FAT TUESDAY
9:00 a.m. – Societe Du Boeuf Gras (Mobile, Downtown)
10:00 a.m. – Gulf Shores Parade (Gulf Shores)
10:30 a.m. – Order of Athena (Mobile, Route A)
12:30 p.m. – Knights of Revelry, King Felix III, Comic Cowboys (Mobile, Route A)
2:00 p.m. – Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association Mammoth Parade (Mobile, Route B)
2:00 p.m. – Orange Beach Parade (Orange Beach)
6:00 p.m. – Order of Myths (Mobile, Route C)
