8 places where you can celebrate Mardi Gras in Tucson on Tuesday
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Parties celebrating Fat Tuesday will be taking place all over the city. Have fun, then take an Uber home. Here are our top eight suggestions.
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This party, starting at 5 p.m., will be easy to access for the downtown crowd.
Details from the Facebook page:
COMBINING MARDI GRAS AND BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL TRADITIONS INTO ONE COLORFUL EXPLOSION OF A PARTY, WE ARE GOING ALL OUT THIS YEAR WITH AMAZING ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, DRINK AND OTHER SURPRISES, INCLUDING ARIZONA’S LARGEST KING CAKE!
COME DOWN, DRESS THE PART AND ENJOY ALL OF OUR FAT TUESDAY OFFERINGS.
Food – Shrimp Po Boys, Gumbo and Jambalaya
Drink – Voodoo Ranger and Abita Beer, great themed cocktails
Entertainment – The Carnivaleros, Axé Capoeira Tucson, DJ Buttafly, face painters, ten foot puppets, Samba Dancers and more!
Largest King Cake in AZ
Beads for everyone
Then join us for the after party with local R&B legend, Street Blues Family!
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The festivities run from 3 p.m. to midnight.
Here's the run down from the event Facebook page:
Doors open at 3pm!!
$10 cover
Live music all day/night
Crawfish boil
Smoked gator
Abita Brewery Tap takeover
AND MORE!!
Music Line up:
3:15 - 5:00 Bad News Blues (Rockin' Blues with Horns) (Inside)
3:30 - 5:30 Mike Hebert and Joel (Jump/ Swing blues) (outside)
5:45 - 7:30 Quarter Royale (Rock) (outside)
5:30 - 7:15 Muffalatas (New Orleans funk music) (inside)
7:30 - 9:30 DJ PC Party (Old school funk and hip hop) (outside)
7:15 - 8:30 Michael P and Joel (Old Timey Americana) (inside)
8:30 - 11:30 In Da Zone (Funk, Soul, RnB) (inside)
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The outdoor venue has happenings from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Details from the Facebook page:
From Bourbon Street to Jackson Square- French Quarter plays the music of New Orleans with a decidedly Tucson twist.
We'll be offering Jambalaya, Etoufee, Gumbo, Banana's Foster, Sazerac & Hurricane Cocktails and down home fun!!
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Plenty of culinary options at Coronet. The dining begins at 5 p.m.
Details per the Facebook event page:
Officially our Fat Tuesday Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Boil, with local andouille sausage, shrimp baby potatoes, corn on the cob, cabbage slaw and corn bread honey.
Alternately it's Shrove Tuesday if you're observant, Fausnacht if you're German, Pancake Day if you're in the Commonwealth and don't entirely understand what holidays are about, Courir de Mardi Gras if you've been recently featured on Dateline and Tłusty Czwartek if you play the accordian and have a healthy respect for donuts. Dinner starts at 5, two sets of traditional Lousianna reed wheezing and complaints about the government by Jimmy Carr and The Rheumatoid Artisans, 7-9pm, more or less.
Also we've tented the patio, so don't worry about it maybe raining. Sheesh.
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For the college crowds, running from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Come Celebrate Mardi Gras at Gentle Bens.
Free Masks and Beads!
$2 Drinks until 11:30 PM
$5 Fat Tuesday Slushies ALL NIGHT
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Mardi Gras in movie format, starting at 10 a.m.
Bring your Carnivale Spirit and celebrate!
We'll be playing New Orleans, Mardi Gras, and Carnivale themed films all during the daytime!
From our Criterion Section, check out BLACK ORPHEUS: In the heady atmosphere of Rio's carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Eurydice, a country girl, has run away from home to avoid a man who arrived at her her looking for her. She is convinced that he was going to kill her. She arrives in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Orfeo works as a tram conductor and is engaged to Mira - as far as Mira is concerned anyways. As Eurydice and Orpheus get to know one another they fall deeply in love. Mira is mad with jealousy and when Eurydice disappears, Orfeo sets out to find her.
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Kingfisher has been going all out on Mardi Gras for more than two decades:
Kingfisher’s 23rd annual Fat Tuesday celebration will take place on, February 28th from 5 to 11pm . The evening is marked by live music, signature “N’awlins” fare, and celebration. Signaling the end of Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of celebration in events leading up to Lent.
For Kingfisher Chef /owners Jeff Azersky and Jim Murphy, this is one of their favorite evenings – bringing a bit of New Orleans style to Tucson offering a unique opportunity to participate in this centuries old celebration by enjoying a classic Mardi Gras feast. The menu features a la carte offerings like classic Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Jambalaya as well as traditional libations, Hurricanes, Sazeracs and a selection of Louisiana brews like Dixie Lager and Abita Turbodog. In the spirit of the holiday, guests are offered Mardi Gras beads and a chance to win a Kingfisher t-shirt if they “find the baby” in their “King Cake” dessert. The regular Kingfisher dinner menu will also be available.
The Old Pueblo Jazz Band will kick off the celebration at Kingfisher at 5:30pm followed by Dr Mojo and the Zydeco Cannibals from 8:30 to midnight. Reservations are strongly suggested. Call 520-323-7739.
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Details are a tad light on the celebrations at SAZ Creole Kitchen & Cocktails, but we do know they are starting early with marching bands on Monday and Tuesday.
Either way, you'll get to nosh on some tasty Creole-inspired cuisine at one of Tucson's newest restaurants.
Sazerac and St. Philips Plaza are the place to be this Mardi Gras! Two high school marching bands (CDO and Salpointe, respectively) are confirmed for 4:30 on Monday, Feb 27 and Tuesday, Feb 28. Come celebrate with us!
This party, starting at 5 p.m., will be easy to access for the downtown crowd.
Details from the Facebook page:
COMBINING MARDI GRAS AND BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL TRADITIONS INTO ONE COLORFUL EXPLOSION OF A PARTY, WE ARE GOING ALL OUT THIS YEAR WITH AMAZING ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, DRINK AND OTHER SURPRISES, INCLUDING ARIZONA’S LARGEST KING CAKE!
COME DOWN, DRESS THE PART AND ENJOY ALL OF OUR FAT TUESDAY OFFERINGS.
Food – Shrimp Po Boys, Gumbo and Jambalaya
Drink – Voodoo Ranger and Abita Beer, great themed cocktails
Entertainment – The Carnivaleros, Axé Capoeira Tucson, DJ Buttafly, face painters, ten foot puppets, Samba Dancers and more!
Largest King Cake in AZ
Beads for everyone
Then join us for the after party with local R&B legend, Street Blues Family!
The festivities run from 3 p.m. to midnight.
Here's the run down from the event Facebook page:
Doors open at 3pm!!
$10 cover
Live music all day/night
Crawfish boil
Smoked gator
Abita Brewery Tap takeover
AND MORE!!
Music Line up:
3:15 - 5:00 Bad News Blues (Rockin' Blues with Horns) (Inside)
3:30 - 5:30 Mike Hebert and Joel (Jump/ Swing blues) (outside)
5:45 - 7:30 Quarter Royale (Rock) (outside)
5:30 - 7:15 Muffalatas (New Orleans funk music) (inside)
7:30 - 9:30 DJ PC Party (Old school funk and hip hop) (outside)
7:15 - 8:30 Michael P and Joel (Old Timey Americana) (inside)
8:30 - 11:30 In Da Zone (Funk, Soul, RnB) (inside)
The outdoor venue has happenings from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Details from the Facebook page:
From Bourbon Street to Jackson Square- French Quarter plays the music of New Orleans with a decidedly Tucson twist.
We'll be offering Jambalaya, Etoufee, Gumbo, Banana's Foster, Sazerac & Hurricane Cocktails and down home fun!!
Plenty of culinary options at Coronet. The dining begins at 5 p.m.
Details per the Facebook event page:
Officially our Fat Tuesday Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Boil, with local andouille sausage, shrimp baby potatoes, corn on the cob, cabbage slaw and corn bread honey.
Alternately it's Shrove Tuesday if you're observant, Fausnacht if you're German, Pancake Day if you're in the Commonwealth and don't entirely understand what holidays are about, Courir de Mardi Gras if you've been recently featured on Dateline and Tłusty Czwartek if you play the accordian and have a healthy respect for donuts. Dinner starts at 5, two sets of traditional Lousianna reed wheezing and complaints about the government by Jimmy Carr and The Rheumatoid Artisans, 7-9pm, more or less.
Also we've tented the patio, so don't worry about it maybe raining. Sheesh.
For the college crowds, running from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Come Celebrate Mardi Gras at Gentle Bens.
Free Masks and Beads!
$2 Drinks until 11:30 PM
$5 Fat Tuesday Slushies ALL NIGHT
Mardi Gras in movie format, starting at 10 a.m.
Bring your Carnivale Spirit and celebrate!
We'll be playing New Orleans, Mardi Gras, and Carnivale themed films all during the daytime!
From our Criterion Section, check out BLACK ORPHEUS: In the heady atmosphere of Rio's carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Eurydice, a country girl, has run away from home to avoid a man who arrived at her her looking for her. She is convinced that he was going to kill her. She arrives in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Orfeo works as a tram conductor and is engaged to Mira - as far as Mira is concerned anyways. As Eurydice and Orpheus get to know one another they fall deeply in love. Mira is mad with jealousy and when Eurydice disappears, Orfeo sets out to find her.
Kingfisher has been going all out on Mardi Gras for more than two decades:
Kingfisher’s 23rd annual Fat Tuesday celebration will take place on, February 28th from 5 to 11pm . The evening is marked by live music, signature “N’awlins” fare, and celebration. Signaling the end of Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of celebration in events leading up to Lent.
For Kingfisher Chef /owners Jeff Azersky and Jim Murphy, this is one of their favorite evenings – bringing a bit of New Orleans style to Tucson offering a unique opportunity to participate in this centuries old celebration by enjoying a classic Mardi Gras feast. The menu features a la carte offerings like classic Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Jambalaya as well as traditional libations, Hurricanes, Sazeracs and a selection of Louisiana brews like Dixie Lager and Abita Turbodog. In the spirit of the holiday, guests are offered Mardi Gras beads and a chance to win a Kingfisher t-shirt if they “find the baby” in their “King Cake” dessert. The regular Kingfisher dinner menu will also be available.
The Old Pueblo Jazz Band will kick off the celebration at Kingfisher at 5:30pm followed by Dr Mojo and the Zydeco Cannibals from 8:30 to midnight. Reservations are strongly suggested. Call 520-323-7739.
Details are a tad light on the celebrations at SAZ Creole Kitchen & Cocktails, but we do know they are starting early with marching bands on Monday and Tuesday.
Either way, you'll get to nosh on some tasty Creole-inspired cuisine at one of Tucson's newest restaurants.
Sazerac and St. Philips Plaza are the place to be this Mardi Gras! Two high school marching bands (CDO and Salpointe, respectively) are confirmed for 4:30 on Monday, Feb 27 and Tuesday, Feb 28. Come celebrate with us!
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