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URL:https://event925.com/events/mccall-winter-carnival-mardi-gras-parade/
SUMMARY:McCall Winter Carnival – Mardi Gras Parade
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMcCall Winter Carni
 val – Mardi Gras Parade 2027\nThe Mardi Gras Parade is the signature com
 munity parade of the 2027 McCall Winter Carnival in McCall\, Idaho\, sched
 uled for Saturday\, February 6\, 2027\, at noon. Local performers and deco
 rated community floats form a festive procession through town\, serving as
  one of the carnival’s major closing-day attractions.\nWhat to expect\nT
 he parade uses a Mardi Gras-inspired format\, with decorated floats\, perf
 ormers\, beads and other hand-distributed giveaways. The 2027 field is cap
 ped at 40 entries\, and participants are encouraged to decorate around Mar
 di Gras imagery and the broader Winter Carnival theme\; candy cannot be th
 rown and instead must be handed directly to spectators.\nPart of a bigger 
 winter tradition\nThe parade is the centerpiece of the McCall Winter Carni
 val\, a community celebration whose roots reach back to winter festivities
  held in 1924. Mardi Gras became an ongoing parade theme during the 1990s\
 , and the modern carnival combines the procession with elaborate snow scul
 ptures\, local art\, food and drink\, live entertainment and other winter 
 activities.\n2027 theme and festivities\nThe 2027 carnival runs January 28
 –February 6 under the theme “Sharlie’s Wild West\,” referencing Mc
 Call’s legendary Payette Lake creature\, Sharlie. The second Saturday is
  designed as the carnival’s biggest downtown celebration: the Mardi Gras
  Parade takes place at noon\, with a lakeside fireworks show also planned 
 for February 6.\nGetting to the parade\nThe official parade information li
 sts free park-and-ride shuttle service\, with parking at the McCall Post O
 ffice and Payette Lakes Middle School and a downtown drop-off near Legacy 
 Park. The parade begins from Stibnite Street\, with entrants staging aroun
 d Mission Street beforehand\; spectators should expect winter conditions\,
  crowds and traffic around downtown McCall.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
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CATEGORIES:Cultural Event,Festivals,Social Event
LOCATION:Downtown McCall\, Parade begins at Stibnite Street and returns to 
 Mission Street\, McCall\, Idaho\, 83638\, United States
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