Mardi Gras Kickoff on 12th Night

Created in 2011, the 12th Night Kick Off Celebration is going on it’s 15th YEAR! Pensacola Mardi Gras, Inc. shuts down various streets in the Downtown Pensacola area to bring you a spectacular event. This is the night that we eat King Cake, dance a bit of 2nd line, bless the Krewes and Float and bind our spirit for a wonderful Mardi Gras season. It’s also the beginning celebration of this year’s Mardi Gras royalty, and they need something pretty spectacular to Kick off their reign.

The official Kick-Off will begin inside Seville Quarter at 5 p.m. on Saturday Jan. 3rd. Floats will be parked on Jefferson St. south of Romana St. all the way down to Zaragoza, and Government Street between Palafox and Tarragona Streets.

After opening ceremonies with the Royal Processional, a Second Line Processional of Royalty will walk the float route and bless the floats.