2012 Mobile area Mardi Gras schedule

View full sizeThe kids float during the Mobile Mystics Mardi Gras Parade on Feb. 26, 2011 moves down Royal Street in Mobile, Ala. (Press-Register/Kate Mercer)

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All Mobile Mardi Gras parades roll on Route A unless otherwise noted. Parade schedule dates and times are subject to change.

Saturday, Jan. 21: 1 p.m., Krewe De La Dauphine Parade Dauphin Island

Saturday, Jan. 28: 1 p.m., Island Mystics Parade Dauphin Island

Friday, Feb. 3: 6:30 p.m., Conde Cavaliers Parade

Saturday, Feb. 4: 2:30 p.m., Bayport Parading Society Parade; 6:30 p.m., Pharaoh's Mystic Society Parade; 7 p.m., Conde Explorers Parade

Thursday, Feb. 9: 6:30 p.m., Order of the Polka Dots Parade

Friday, Feb. 10: 6:30 p.m., Order of the Inca Parade; 6:30 p.m., Maids of Jubilee in downtown Fairhope; 6:45 p.m., Order of Persephone in Olde Towne Daphne

Saturday, Feb. 11: 2 p.m., Mobile Mystics Parade; 6:30 p.m., Maids of Mirth Parade; 7 p.m., Order of Butterfly Maidens Parade; 7 p.m. Knights of Ecor Rouge in downtown Fairhope; 7:30 p.m., Krewe of Marry Mates Parade

Sunday, Feb. 12: 6:30 p.m., Neptune's Daughters Parade; 7 p.m., Order of Isis Parade

Monday, Feb. 13: 6:30 p.m., Mobile Mystical Ladies Parade; 7 p.m., Order of Venus Parade

Tuesday, Feb. 14: 6:30 p.m., Order of LaShe Parade

Friday, Feb. 17: 6:30 p.m., Crewe of Columbus Parade; 6:30 p.m. Maids of Jubilee in downtown Fairhope

Saturday, Feb. 18: Noon, Floral Parade; 12:30 p.m., Knights of Mobile Parade; 1 p.m., Order of Angels Parade; 2 p.m., Krewe of Mullett Mates on Baldwin 1 in Fairhope; 5:30 p.m., Mystics of Pleasure in on Perdido Beach Boulevard in Orange Beach; 6 p.m., Mystics of Time Parade; 6:30 p.m., Coronation of Queen to King Felix III Mobile Convention Center

Sunday, Feb. 19: 2 p.m., Arrival of King Elexis I (at foot of Government Street); 2 p.m., Loyal Order of the Firetruck, Daphne in Mayday Park and through neighborhoods of Old Towne Daphne; 2:30 p.m., Joe Cain Parade; 5 p.m., Le Krewe de Bienville Parade; 5:30 p.m., Les Femmes Cassettes Parade; 7 p.m., Order of Mystic Magnolias in Fairhope; 8:15 p.m., Coronation of King Elexis, Mobile Civic Center

Monday, Feb. 20: 11 a.m., Arrival of King Felix III (at foot of Government Street) followed by King Felix III Parade at noon; 1 p.m., Floral Parade; 3 p.m., MLK Business and Civic Organization Parade (rolls on Route D); 3:30 p.m., MLK Monday Nighter Mystics Parade (rolls on Route D); 4 p.m., Northside Merchants (rolls on Route D); 6:30 p.m., Infant Mystics Parade

Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21 (Mardi Gras Day): 10 a.m., Gulf Shores Parade on Highway 50 from Lulu's/Intracoastal Bridge to East Beach Boulevard at The Hangout; 10:30 a.m., Order of Athena Parade; noon, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach combo parade on East Beach Boulevard from The Hangout to Perdido Pass Bridgel 12:30 p.m., Knights of Revelry Parade; 1 p.m., King Felix Parade; 1:30 p.m., Comic Cowboys Parade; 2 p.m., Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (rolls on Route B); 6:30 p.m., Order of Myths Parade (rolls on Route C)