2019 brings a late Mardi Gras season, with Fat Tuesday falling on March 5. Consequently, Mobile’s parade season doesn’t start until Feb. 15; a schedule of major Lower Alabama parades follows.

Dauphin Island’s Krewe de La Dauphine kicks things off on Groundhog’s Day; the lid doesn’t come off in the Mother of Mystics until Feb. 15, when the Conde Cavaliers roll through downtown Mobile. How late a start is that? Keep in mind that some years Fat Tuesday has come and gone by Valentine’s Day.

March 5 is almost as late as Fat Tuesday can fall, given its fixed relationship to Easter. It’ll be 2031 before it again comes this far into the year, and it 2038 it’ll land on the latest possible date, March 9.

The following list of major Mobile-area parades is drawn from the Mobile Carnival Museum, information provided by parading societies and a survey of various municipal sites and sources. All downtown Mobile parades roll on Route A unless otherwise specified.

Saturday, Feb. 2

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

Saturday, Feb. 9

1 p.m.: People’s Mardi Gras Parade, Dauphin Island

Friday, Feb. 15

6:30 p.m.: Conde Cavaliers

Most Mardi Gras parades held in downtown Mobile follow Route A.

Saturday, Feb. 16

2 p.m.: Bayport Parading Society

6:30 p.m.: Pharaohs’ Mystic Society

7 p.m.: Conde Explorers

Thursday, Feb. 21

6:30 p.m.: Order of Polka Dots

Friday, Feb. 22

6:30 p.m.: Order of Inca

6:45 p.m.: Apollo’s Mystic Ladies, Daphne

Saturday, Feb. 23

1 p.m.: Mystic Mutts, Fairhope

2 p.m.: Mobile Mystics

2:30 p.m.: Mobile Mystical Revelers

6:30 p.m.: Maids of Mirth

6:45 p.m.: Knights of Ecor Rouge, Fairhope

7 p.m.: Order of Butterfly Maidens

7:30 p.m.: Krewe of Marry Mates

Sunday, Feb. 24

6:30 p.m.: Neptune’s Daughters

7 p.m.: OOI Parade

Monday, Feb. 25

6:30 p.m.: Order of Venus

7 p.m.: Order of Many Faces

Tuesday, Feb. 26

6:30 p.m.: Order of LaShe’s

Thursday, Feb. 28

6:30 p.m.: Mystic Stripers Society

Friday, March 1

6:30 p.m.: Crewe of Columbus

6:30 p.m.: Mystical Order of Miriams, Orange Beach

6:45 p.m.: Maids of Jubilee, Fairhope

Saturday, March 2

11 a.m.: Foley Parade, Foley

11:30 a.m.: Krewe of Goats, Prichard

Noon: Prichard Carnival Association

Noon: Saraland Mardi Gras Association, Saraland

Noon: Floral Parade

12:30 p.m.: Knights of Mobile

1 p.m.: Mobile Mystical Ladies

1:30 p.m.: Order of Angels

2 p.m.: Krewe of Mullet Mates, Mullet Point

6 p.m.: Mystics of Pleasure, Orange Beach

6 p.m.: Mystics of Time

6:45 p.m.: Shadow Barons, Daphne

Sunday, March 3

2 p.m.: Arrival of King Elexis I, downtown Mobile (Route E)

2:29 p.m.: Loyal Order of the Fire Truck, Daphne

2:30 p.m.: Joe Cain Parade

4 p.m.: Krewe du Cirque, Foley, Park at OWA

5 p.m.: Le Krewe de Bienville

5:30 p.m.: Krewe De Secondline

Monday, March 4

11 a.m.: Arrival of King Felix III, downtown Mobile (Cooper Riverside Park)

Noon: King Felix III Parade

Noon: Floral Parade

1 p.m.: Prichard Mardi Gras Association

3 p.m.: MLK Business and Civic Organization Parade, MLK Avenue/Springhill Avenue (Route D)

3:30 p.m.: Monday Mystics, MLK Avenue/Springhill Avenue (Route D)

4 p.m.: Northside Merchants, MLK Avenue/Spring Hill Avenue (Route D)

6:45 p.m.: Order of Mystic Magnolias, Fairhope

7 p.m.: Infant Mystics, downtown Mobile (Route F)

7:30 p.m.: Order of Doves, downtown Mobile (Route F)

Fat Tuesday, March 5

10 a.m.: Gulf Shores Parade, Gulf Shores

10:30 a.m.: Order of Athena

12:30 p.m.: Knights of Revelry

1 p.m.: King Felix Parade

1:30 p.m.: Comic Cowboys

2 p.m.: MAMGA Mammoth, downtown Mobile (Route B)

2 p.m.: Orange Beach Parade, Orange Beach

6 p.m.: Order of Myths, downtown Mobile (Route C)