Annual Mardi Gras Weekend Celebration

Location:36 Main Street, Ogunquit, ME 03907 (Map)

Postponed to February 15-17, 2013 due to the blizzard predicted on Feb. 8-9.

Friday,February 15, 2013: 
8:30pm: Mardi Gras King & Queen Crowning Competition. MaineStreet .Join us for an Ogunquit Trivia Contest and help to choose the Mardi Gras personalities who will lead Saturday's parade.

Saturday, February 16, 2013: 
Noon  – 1pm: Hat & Mask Making Party. MaineStreet. Make a spectacular hat to wear directly afterward in our hat parade, then take it home as a souvenir of your great weekend in Ogunquit! $5 admission covers hat and supplies.

1pm: Hat & Mask Parade. MaineStreet to Old Village Inn. Wow the crowd with your fabulous fancy hat, or bring a wagon decked out in a Mardi Gras theme. Prizes awarded!

1:30 – 3pm: Parade Awards Ceremony and Entertainment. Old Village Inn. Are you wearing the best hat or pulling the best float? Find out at the Awards Ceremony!

2-5pm: Wine Tasting. Village Food Market.

3 – 4pm: King Cupcake Decorating. Bessie's. Decorate a cupcake, then eat it! If you find a baby inside, you'll win a prize! (Prizes are geared toward children!)

Sunday, February 17, 2013
10am-noon: Ice Sculpture Demonstration. Veteran's Park. Watch as Wicked Good Ice Carvings creates a Mardi Gras themed ice sculpture before your very eyes!

All weekend: 
Ice Skating at the Community Ice Skating Rink, Cottage Street, next to the Dunaway Center. Weather permitting.

Thank you to our sponsors: The Barrel Stave, Weekly Sentinel, MaineStreet, Old Village Inn, Bessie's

Annual Mardi Gras Weekend:

7th Annual: February 28-March 2, 2014


Last updated on 2013-02-07 11:20:39