Texas’ Largest Mardi Gras Celebration to Feature Two Weekends of Parades, Concerts Texas’ largest Mardi Gras celebration will kick off this weekend in Galveston, marking the start of carnival season with headliner concerts, elaborate parades and plenty of bead throwing. Festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday with the George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Ceremony followed by a 7 p.m. corresponding parade that travels through downtown Galveston. At 8:30 p.m., hundreds of umbrella dancers […]
