Universal Escape Orlando’s Universal Studios is celebrating its 15th annual Mardi Gras this year on Saturday nights from February 6th through April 17th, and also Sunday, February 14th and Friday, April 9th. The theme of this year’s event is “15 Years of Beads, Bands, and Good Times.” This year will have bigger and better parade floats, more beads, more music, and more New Orleans food and drinks. There are three brand new parade floats- the music float, the food float, and the New Orleans float. Other floats include the children’s float, the title float, the mythology float, the jester float, and many others.
Although Universal Studios serves alcohol to anyone 21 and older, it is very controlled and the result is a fun party that the whole family can go to- without having to worry about intoxicated partiers or child-unfriendly sights.
There are 13 amazing headliners this year:
- Sat., Feb. 6: KC and The Sunshine Band
- Sat., Feb. 13: Heart
- Sun., Feb. 14: Kool & the Gang
- Sat., Feb. 20: Blondie
- Sat., Feb. 27: Dierks Bentley
- Sat., March 6: Akon
- Sat., March 13: Aretha Franklin
- Sat., March 20: Miranda Lambert
- Sat., March 27: 3 Doors Down
- Sat., April 3: Beach Boys
- Fri., April 9: Sheryl Crow
- Sat., April 10: Flo Rida
- Sat., April 17: Chicago
Concert times are listed as follows:
February 6 – March 20, April 17 – 8:30 pm
March 27 – April 10 – 9:30 pm