Parade date:
Sunday Mar 2, 2025
TIME: 3:05 Step Off
LOCATION: South Slope
BEFORE & AFTER PARTIES:
KING & QUEEN CRAWL - Saturday 3/1/25
1) 6-7:30 Green Man at The Mansion,
27 Buxton Ave (Adults only)
2) 7:30-9 Eulogy Masquerade Ball,
10 Buxton Ave (Adults only)
ROYAL PROCESSION - Sunday 3/2/25
1) 3:05 Asheville Mardi Gras Parade
2) 5:30 - 7 PM: Bear's Smokehouse BBQ, 135 Coxe Ave,
3) 7 - 8 PM: Antidote Cocktail Lounge,
151 Coxe Ave (Adults Only),
4) 8 - 10 PM: Banks Avenue Bar,
32 Banks Ave (Adults Only)
Previous AMG Parade Themes:
2007 Any Way You Doux It
2008 (First Official Parade) Flash, Class, Or Trash
2009 Rags To Riches (Or Vice Versa)
2010 Wild At Heart
2011 Homegrown, Fancy, and Free
2012 Royal Wedding
2013 French Broads and Odd Fellows
2014 Where The Wild Things Are
2015 And Now For Something Completely Different
2016 Saints Vs Sinners
2017 X
2018 AsheVillage People
2019 Wild, Wild Asheville
2020 Superstition
2021 Yardi Gras
2022 The Great Comeback Carnival
2023 Out Of This World
2024 Secret Garden
2025 Animalia
Our Vision
This parade is our gift to the city, a zany, exuberant and irreverent downtown event in the dead of winter.
We invite residents to get together with friends, neighbors, and coworkers to create high-quality, surprising and entertaining entries, add upbeat music, and strut their stuff tossing those ubiquitous beads to the crowd. Zaniness, political satire, and amazing displays of populist art appreciated!
We love and respect our community, and Asheville is not Bourbon Street. Alcohol and nudity are not part of our twist on Mardi Gras in the mountains. We are promoting a fun, safe event for all ages – with a definite emphasis on FUN!
