Location: Langley

Tuesday, March 4 at Bayview Community Hall

Live music with Ken Pickard & Zydeco Explosion.

Dress up in your best Mardi Gras finery! The evening fun includes a costume contest with prizes for Best in Show, Most Comical, Best Child Costume, and Best Mask. Beads do not count as a costume, but you can grab some free at the door.

Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be for sale. Laissez les bons temps rouler! (the Mardi Gras party call of “let the good times roll”).

Mardi Gras has a long history in the US, with the first New Orleans Mardi Gras parade in 1837. Goosefoot has brought the party to Whidbey Island since 2014. Mardi Gras is actually the culmination of 12 days of celebrations before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, the final of which being “Fat Tuesday.”

Admission is free and the event is family friendly. More information: goosefoot.org

Photo credit: David Welton