Mardi Gras

Let the good times roll at Busch Gardens!

Family-Friendly Mardi Gras Event

Get jazzed up with Mardi Gras-style entertainment, live music and catch some festival beads (after each parade). Feast like kings and queens on New classic Cajun cuisine as Busch Gardens brings the “Big Easy” to Tampa Bay. 

*Event dates and details subject to change and/or cancellation without prior notice. Food & beverage available at an additional cost. Limited quantities of beads available. 

Saturdays & Sundays

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Included with Park Admission

  1. Event Type
    Mardi Gras
  2. Event Date
    Jan. 24 - Mar. 1
  3. Event Hours
    12pm to park close
  4. Event Price
    Free with park admission
Mardi Gras at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Mardi Gras at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Mardi Gras Bead Garden
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Event Activities

Mardi Gras Parade

The Queen’s Mardi Gras Jamboree

This festive procession is all about the rhythm, the revelry, and the joy of celebration. And of course, no Mardi Gras jamboree would be complete without a shower of beads, tossed to eager revelers as the fun wraps up at the Mardi Gras Stage Plaza!
Mardi Gras Performer tossing beads to a guess

"Bead Balcony"

What's Mardi Gras without beads? Stop by the "Bead Balcony" for an opportunity to catch beads and celebrate the event.

Select times during event hours. Limited quantity of beads available.

Brass Animals

Brass Animals

Enjoy this popular nationwide group of talented performers playing jazz classics and the beats from Bourbon Street as they get the party started in the Bird Gardens.

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