While out for Mid City’s largest art festival featuring Louisiana’s best best artists, makers, and more, come visit the Mid City Gras merchandise tent to secure cool items that reflect your Mid City Gras parading support.
Come visit the Mid City Gras merchandise tent to secure cool items that reflect your Mid City Gras parading support. Rumor has it, Sparky may be available for live sketch drawings and a there is Sparky themed coloring contest for kids. We be raffling off the painting that inspired this years parading poster at 4:30 pm.
Come hangout with other Mid City Gras supporters and support continued parade funding through participating in our silent auction! Frame House Studios, next door to Radio Bar, is hosting a selfie station with Sparky. The auction ends promptly at 8:45 pm. This event is adults only.
Come dine in support of Mid City Gras! Mestizo Louisiana Mexican Cuisine is hosting a community give back dinner where they share part of the proceeds from dining guest. Sparky will be around from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and be hosting an auction item preview before the official auction on Friday, October 23rd at Radio Bar. Please tell your waiter you came to support Mid City Gras!
Come dine in support of Mid City Gras! Elsie’s Plate and Pie is hosting an all day community give back day where they share part of the proceeds from dining guest. Sparky will be around from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Please tell your waiter you came to support Mid City Gras!
Come hangout with other Mid City Gras supporters and enjoy some trivia with Sparky! This event is adults only.
Come dine in support of Mid City Gras! Reginelli’s Pizzeria on Jefferson is hosting an all day community give back day where they share part of the proceeds from dining guest. Sparky will be around from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Please tell your waiter you came to support Mid City Gras!
Come visit and make throws for the annual Mid City Gras parade on January 31st at 2:00 pm. Supplies will be provided and you can keep the throws for your Krewe or donate for Sparky to handout.
Come tailgate and take selfies with Sparky before the game against Mississippi State.
In celebration of our 10 year parading anniversary, all past and present Grand Marshals, Board Members, Volunteers, and Parading Krewes are invited to come celebrate and share memories. A special token of appreciation will be provided to the first 100 attendees.
We’re having a Ball! Come in your winter olympics best and party with Mid City Gras friends.
Ticket sales: https://bontempstix.com/events/mid-city-gras-ball-squirrel-olympics-ix-1-17-2026
Please note that this is a new venue for us. Alcohol cannot be brought in but is affordably available (you’ll get no markup from us!) at the venue cash bar.
Our rescheduled parade runs at 2 PM on Sunday, March 9th.
!!!!THE 2025 PARADE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED!!!! “MARCHI GRAS” WILL ROLL AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9.
Our parade runs down North Blvd, beginning at the corner of North and 19th and ending at the intersection of North and Foster.
This year’s theme: Squirrels on Film!
Purchase individual or table tickets here:
https://bontempstix.com/events/mid-city-gras-ball-squirrels-on-film-2-8-2025
Join us at BR.cade for a [free] fun-filled evening celebrating the official beginning of the Mardi Gras season.
BONUS: We will announce our 2025 Grand Marshal!
ANOTHER BONUS: lots of king cake!
Our parade always rolls on the Sunday before the Sunday before Mardi Gras!
PARADE THEME: Once Upon a Squirrel
We roll straight down North Boulevard, beginning at 19th street and ending at Baton Rouge Community College. Our parade typically lasts between 45 minutes - 1 hour, and you will see krewes of all kinds: music, dance, performance, floats, walkers, skaters, cyclists, humans, and squirrels. We’ll see you on Parade Day!
The Return of the Ball!
Ball Theme: Once Upon a Squirrel
The 2024 Ball marks our first ball since pre-covid, and we couldn’t be more excited. Please join us at Gallery14 on the evening of January 20th, 2024.
Purchase tickets here: https://bontempstix.com/events/141483
Mid City Gras Inc. has created this parade to be a celebration for everyone, highlighting the essence of Mid City and showcasing the diversity of our community with a spirit of inclusiveness that positively contributes to the progression of our city. Permit pending, this parade will roll on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 1 p.m. down North Blvd.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND MID CITY GRAS BALL!
The first one went so well we thought we’d do another one, but with more squirrels, more dancing, and more fun (but you’ll have to provide the nuts).
Tickets: https://bontempstix.com/events/Mid-City-Gras-Ball-2--1-2020/tickets
Join Mid City Gras at Bistro Byronz for a fundraising event for our 2019 parade! Bistro Byronz will donate 20% of your check to Mid City Gras - and we'll also have some snazzy Mid City Gras T-Shirts available.
Planning meeting for Mid City Gras 2019. We're going to discuss things like our Aug. 28 fundraiser at Bistro Byronz, the parade application process and designs for our signature beads. Anyone interested in being a part of the parade and the planning is encouraged to attend.
Main Library at Goodwood
7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806
https://www.facebook.com/events/2117896631867088/
Join us for our Inaugural Mid City Gras Parade! We are SO excited to finally have a Mardi Gras parade in Mid City! We will be marching down North Boulevard and ending at Baton Rouge Community College - a beautiful, spacious route that goes right through the middle of Mid City.
See our parade route here: http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/mardi_gras/article_1d6a54a6-f7ba-11e7-bbc0-73eec2dec037.html
We hope to see you there!
We have postponed this fundraiser from the original Tuesday date to a new date: Saturday, January 20th from 2-5 PM. The weather forecast looks much better!
Curbside Burgers (http://www.curbside-burgers.com) is very generously hosting Mid City Gras on Tuesday, January 16th! Mid City Gras will receive part of all food sales between 5-8pm.
Come on down to Curbside, grab a burger and a beer, and pick up some Mid City Gras swag!
This event was postponed due to weather. The new date is Saturday, December 2nd and we hope you will join us!
Come find us at one of our favorite annual Mid City events! We will be second lining through the Prowl and you can also find us at a booth with some awesome goodies and application forms! If you're lucky, you might even see a glimpse of our squirrely mascot.
Our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1940230472931794/
Ogden Park Prowl's Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/OPProwl/
Ogden Park Prowl's website: https://www.ogdenparkprowl.org/about
Stop by our booth at Mid City's White Light Nights! We will be located in front of the Capital One Bank on Government Street. We will have lots of great goodies and we can show you how to apply for the parade! White Light Nights is a great celebration of Mid City and we hope you will join us.
Information about White Light Nights can be found at their Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/274482293046725/
We hope to see you there!
