The Bayou Mardi Gras Association will once again be kicking off the Mardi Gras season with the first Acadiana parade that is slated to be held on Feb. 2. 

The association will put on the Bayou Mardi Gras Parade to introduce the festive season to the new year, and bring along visitors from across Acadiana to enjoy the kickoff to one of the Teche Area’s busiest holidays. 

The parade is put on by local community leaders who started the association years ago in order to introduce a new parade to Iberia Parish following the end of the Andalusia parade. Since then, the Bayou Mardi Gras Parade has been one of the most successful Mardi Gras parades in Acadiana. 

The parade is held in downtown Main Street, where revelers will be able to view the parade from either side of Main Street while a litany of floats, bands and pageant royalty slowly make their way through the route while tossing all kinds of goodies to those attending.