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Best Bets for the Weekend, Feb 10- Feb 12

MARDI GRAS PARADES:

THURSDAY:

6:30 p.m. - Order of Polka Dots, downtown Mobile

FRIDAY:

6:30 p.m. - Order of Inca, downtown Mobile

6:45 pm - Apollo's Mystic Ladies, Daphne

SATURDAY: 

2 p.m. - Mobile Mystics, Mobile Mystical Revelers, Mobile Mystical Friends, downtown Mobile

3:00 pm - Mystic Mutts of Revelry - Fairhope

6:30 pm - Knights of Ecor Rouge - Fairhope

6:30 p.m. - Maids of Mirth (Route G), Order of Butterfly Maidens, Krewe of Marry Mates, Order of Hebe (Route A) downtown Mobile

SUNDAY:

6:30 p.m. - Neptune's Daughters, Order of Isis 

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE- Fri 5:30pm-10pm, Cathedral Square, downtown Mobile

Get ready to party like it's 1703!! Kick-off this year's free, family-friendly Friday Night Live Concert Series with SIX different Brass Bands in celebration of Mardi Gras! CLICK HERE   

SATURDAYS AT THE COOP- Sat 7pm-10pm, Cooper Riverside Park, downtown Mobile

Relax and enjoy evenings under the stars with LIVE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT! The Concert Series at Cooper Riverside Park is here to bring you a variety of free bands/entertainment. This Saturday, enjoy Chaos Complete (High Octane Party Band). CLICK HERE    

PENSACOLA SYMPHONY CIRQUE SPECTACULAR- Sat 7:30pm, Pensacola Saenger Theatre

Enjoy the magic of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra joined onstage by cirque-style acrobats and contortionists with breathtaking skill. CLICK HERE   

ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES- Fri 9pm, Soul Kitchen, downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE   

THE CADILLAC THREE- Sat 8:30pm, Soul Kitchen, downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE

38 SPECIAL- Fri 8pm, Beau Rivage Biloxi, CLICK HERE       

SLAUGHTER GRAS- Fridays-Sundays 6pm-9pm, Feb 10-Mar 5, Downtown OWA, OWA Theme Park, Foley

Welcome to Nightmare Chambers, where Mardi Gras turns sinister! If you dare, journey into the haunted house on your way to the Mardi Gras Ball. Survive four horrifying scare zones, each more bone-chilling than the next. CLICK HERE    

US ARMY OLD GUARD FIFE & DRUM CORPS- Fri 2pm, USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park

Step back in time with them as they recall the days of the American Revolution while performing in uniforms that resemble those worn by the musicians of General George Washington's Continental Army. The U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is the only unit of its kind in the armed forces, and is part of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). Take in the view of the “Mighty A” and Mobile Bay while enjoying this mini concert.  

LIVING HISTORY CREW DRILL Saturday 8am-3pm, USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park

Be on the deck of the ALABAMA at 1:00 p.m. when “call to battle stations” is sounded. Enemy airplanes will attack the ship and the crew members will defend her with guns blazing!  CLICK HERE  

SHE LOVES ME- Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm, Chickasaw Civic Theatre

After bickering and quarreling all day at work, Georg and Amalia head home to continue a warm and happy correspondence with a pen pal they’ve never met. Neither can believe it when they discover that all this time they’ve been writing to each other. CLICK HERE    

5th Annual COMMUNI-TEE CUP: A PUTT-PUTT GOLF TOURNAMENT- Thurs 4:30 and 6:30pm, Goofy Golf, W Navy Blvd, Pensacola

Our Corner (formerly Keep Pensacola Beautiful) will be hosting a putt-putt golf tournament to raise funds for annual beautification programs and cleanup initiatives across Escambia County. This event will feature two game times with a family tee-off at 4:30 pm and an adults only and Krewe tee-off at 6:30 pm. CLICK HERE    

PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS HOCKEY vs PEORIA- Fri/Sat 7:05pm, Pensacola Bay Center

Both nights are $5 Night.  CLICK HERE  

SPIRITS OF THE PASSAGE: THE STORY OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE- Now through June 21st, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum, downtown Mobile

In conjunction with the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico (GulfQuest) will be hosting one of the most powerful and important exhibitions it has ever displayed. “Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” explores the strength of the human spirit through a display of nearly 150 historical objects spanning more than 350 years. (GulfQuest, along with several other museums and Bellingrath Gardens, is included in Alabama Tourism’s All-in-One 3-Day Mobile Attraction Ticket!) CLICK HERE  

TOYTOPIA- Open Tuesday through Saturdays from 10:00am to 4:00pm, Feb 3-May 20, Exploreum Science Center, downtown Mobile

Play all day and rekindle the wonder and delight of your favorite childhood moments in a world of big toys. Filling the entire traveling exhibit gallery at the Exploreum, Toytopia will showcase specialty exhibits from toymakers including: Hasbro®, Duncan Yo-Yo®, Schleich®, Breyer®, Crayola®, KNEX® (Lincoln Logs®) and many more. CLICK HERE  

Mardi Gras Parade

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