Fat Tuesday Celebration

Pensacola Mardi Gras and Seville Quarter are teaming up with Mardi Gras Krewes for a French Quarter Fat Tuesday Celebration on February 17, 2026, in Downtown Pensacola.

The Priscus Celebration, a longtime Pensacola Mardi Gras tradition, begins at 11:00 am with a Jazz Royalty Brunch featuring a Mardi Gras menu, Half Shell Vodka Bloody Mary Specials, and low country boil.  Krewes will take over every room inside historic Seville Quarter, transforming the historic complex into the French Quarter for the day.

Krewe Royalty and elected officials will be on hand as Seville Quarter is overtaken and becomes the French Quarter.  The coronation of a the new Priscus Royalty will take place around 7:00 pm, and the end of the 2026 Mardi Gras season will be commemorated at midnight.

SCHEDULE:

11:00 am – Seville will host a Jazz lunch along with Crawfish outside at the End o’the Alley with live entertainment.

5:00 pm – Mardi Gras Krewes will come together for a celebration with live entertainment throughout the complex.

7:00 pm – Danny Zimmern, President of Pensacola Mardi Gras, will present awards for the 2026 Mardi Gras season, and will end with the coronation ceremony of the new Priscus Royalty for Mardi Gras 2026.  The French Quarter night and ceremonies will peak with a Mardi Gras drag show and dancing inside Phineas Phogg’s while other entertainment throughout the complex continues throughout the night.