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The brainchild of Town Councilman Gene Fox, this parade was approved by the full council in early December 2016.

Founded in 1977, the Conde Cavaliers open the downtown Mobile parading season. Parade Route A

Bayport Parading Society is not a mystic or secret organization. It's essentially a place for Mobile-area businesses that wish to parade. It was created after the Joe Cain Procession became so large that it had to be capped. Non-business-related...

Geographically, between Dauphin Island and downtown Mobile, there are a lot of territories, but within that area is the Order of the Rolling River, a smallish band of folks established in 1999 and proudly committed to putting on a Mardi Gras parade...

The Pharaohs are an interesting bunch. Their parades are not as big as those of the more established men's groups, but they are always different—and very Egyptian. Parade Route A

According to the group's website, "The Conde Explorers became the first integrated Mardi Gras society to parade in downtown Mobile. In addition to its parade and ball, the Conde Explorers hold several parties yearly, and its members perform volunteer...

Dauphin Island's only nighttime Mardi Gras event. Come witness a flame-lit Street Tableau through the old village district as they revisit scenes of the island's historic past. Parade Route

Twenty women founded the Order of Polka Dots in May 1949. In 1950, it was the first ladies' organization to parade in Mobile. Still a robust and active group, it was a trailblazer for several other ladies' organizations. Parade Route A

The Incas formed in 1956 and held their first ball in 1957, but they did not parade until 1975. Nowadays, it's hard to imagine Mobile Mardi Gras without the group's floats of ancient Incan temples or its distinctive emblem beads and doubloons. Parade...