Mardi Gras 2023

Mardi Gras 2023 is on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 (in 23 days).  Calendar for 2023

Mardi Gras, also called Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday"), is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras depends on date of Easter (it always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday) which is a movable feast, meaning the date of Mardi Gras also changes every year. 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 Mardi Gras, in the English-speaking world the term "Mardi Gras" is particularly associated with the carnival celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Recently it has evolved to refer to the whole period of festivities, not just the single day of Mardi Gras.

Further reading:

• Mardi Gras on Wikipedia
• Mardi Gras New Orleans by the City of New Orleans

Mardi Gras 2024 is on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 (in 380 days).  Calendar for 2024

Dates of Mardi Gras 2023 and surrounding years as downloadable image file