Fat Tuesday 2026
When is Fat Tuesday 2026?
Fat Tuesday 2025 has already passed: it was on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 (76 days ago).
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What is Fat Tuesday?

Fat Tuesday carnival celebrations in New Orleans
Fat Tuesday, also called
Pancake Day,
Pancake Tuesday,
Shrove Tuesday and
Mardi Gras (which is French for "Fat Tuesday") - all these terms refer to the same day -, is the last day of feasting before the Lenten season (see
Lent) begins on
Ash Wednesday.
Fat Tuesday is a movable feast whose date is determined by
Easter. It's celebrated exactly 47 days before
Easter Sunday. The date can vary from as early as February 3 to as late as March 9.
While there are carnival festivals in many countries on Fat Tuesday, in the English-speaking world the term is particularly associated with the "Mardi Gras" carnival celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Recently the term "Mardi Gras" has evolved to refer to the whole period of festivities, not just the single day of Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday.
For detailed information on Fat Tuesday see Wikipedia's entries on
Shrove Tuesday and the
Mardi Gras carnival celebrations.
When is Fat Tuesday 2027?
Dates for Fat Tuesday in other years
The next occurrence of Fat Tuesday is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Fat Tuesday 2021 |
February 16, 2021 |
Tuesday |
1553 days ago |
Fat Tuesday 2022 |
March 1, 2022 |
Tuesday |
1175 days ago |
Fat Tuesday 2023 |
February 21, 2023 |
Tuesday |
818 days ago |
Fat Tuesday 2024 |
February 13, 2024 |
Tuesday |
461 days ago |
Fat Tuesday 2025 |
March 4, 2025 |
Tuesday |
76 days ago |
Fat Tuesday 2026 |
February 17, 2026 |
Tuesday |
in 273 days |
Fat Tuesday 2027 |
February 9, 2027 |
Tuesday |
in 630 days |
Fat Tuesday 2028 |
February 29, 2028 |
Tuesday |
in 1015 days |
Fat Tuesday 2029 |
February 13, 2029 |
Tuesday |
in 1365 days |
Fat Tuesday 2030 |
March 5, 2030 |
Tuesday |
in 1750 days |
Fat Tuesday 2031 |
February 25, 2031 |
Tuesday |
in 2107 days |
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