Mardi Gras season is upon us once again, and there plenty of venues in the Tacoma area ready to get the party started long before Fat Tuesday arrives. Food, drinks, and live music are pretty much the order of the day, as venues like McMenamins Elks Temple Past Event Like List and Jazzbones Past Event Like List offer up something for everyone. Those looking to venture outside the Gritty City can find parties in Puyallup's Bourbon Street Creole Kitchen & Bar Past Event Like List  or Auburn's Geaux Brewing Past Event Like List . Check out this year's top Mardi Gras events below, and see all of your options on our Tacoma Mardi Gras calendar.

FEBRUARY 20-23

Mardi Gras Party 2020 Past Event Like List
The good times are set to roll at the Bleu Note lounge, a venue that regularly makes use of a Southern "speakeasy vibe," all but guaranteeing you'll feel like you're getting away with something. And that's admittedly more fun than just paying for drinks that are totally legal. That vibe also goes hand-in-hand with Mardi Gras, as the lounge promises a variety of great music, drinks, and food specials to keep the good times rolling. 
The Bleu Note Restaurant & Lounge (Lakewood)

FEBRUARY 20-25

Mardi Gras Bayou Pop-Up Past Event Like List
Celebrate Mardi Gras with a special bayou menu that includes a cheesy crawfish dip, po’ boys, crawfish étouffée, gumbo, and red beans and rice. There'll also be signature cocktails, like the Sazerac and Hurricane, or the in-house special, a King Cake cocktail.
Doyle's Public House

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Mardi Gras 2020 with the Buckshot Brass Band Past Event Like List
This event is pretty much everything Mardi Gras has come to signal: good times, with plenty of (Cajun) food, drinks, and live music. Besides, you can't go wrong with a location named for the most famous street in New Orleans. 
Bourbon Street Creole Kitchen & Bar (Puyallup)

Mardi Gras Dance Party Open House
Past Event Like List Celebrate Mardi Gras with a night of themed dancing that begins with a complimentary night club swing group class and ends with a big social dance party. 
Arthur Murray School of Dance

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Mardi Gras Party '20 Past Event Like List
Though it's not a hard-and-fast rule, it stands to reason that the simpler a party is the better it's going to be. In keeping with that premise, this event aims to bring friends, music, and drinks together to celebrate Mardi Gras. For those who want a slightly more elaborate event, there'll also be free beads and masks for all in attendance, as well as free line dance lessons and free bull rides (mechanical, of course) all night long. 
Big Whisky Saloon (Puyallup)

Mardi Gras: Red White & Blue Edition Past Event Like List
Unbridled patriotism and Mardi Gras find themselves in the same punch bowl at the seventh annual "Red, White, & Blue" celebration that brings Bourbon Street to Tacoma. The organizers will dish out thousands of free beads and Mardi Gras masks (for the first 300 guests), along with a chance to enjoy a hand-crafted cocktail in one of Steel Creek's 24oz souvenir booth cups. 
Steel Creek American Whiskey Co.

USA Dance Tacoma's February Mardi Gras Dance Party Past Event Like List
Celebrate Mardi Gras with a full-fledged dance party. DJ Terry "Wild-Wild" West will be spinning tunes while instructor Christine Luders and the rest of USA Dance Tacoma give attendees a chance to perform dance ballroom, Latin, swing, country, and more.
Lakewood Elks Lodge

FEBRUARY 22-25

Mardi Gras Weekend 2020 at Geaux Brewing Past Event Like List
Fat Tuesday comes a little early this year (you know, the workweek being what it is) so that everyone can enjoy some responsible revelry beginning on Saturday. This family-oriented Marid Gras celebration offers face painting, free beads, and of course, plenty of king cake. There'll even be live performances from Whozyamama Cajun and Zydeco Band.
Geaux Brewing (Auburn)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party Past Event Like List
DJ Reign presides over this Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras party that will have plenty of food and drink specials to keep you dancing all night long.
Jazzbones

Mardi Gras Past Event Like List
The Mardi Gras party at McMenamins Elks Temple gets started with a Fat Tuesday celebration at the Spanish Ballroom. The show starts early in the afternoon and goes till late, with plenty of live music from artists like Show Brazil, Swamp Soul, Melez Band, and Breaks and Swells.
McMenamins Elks Temple—Spanish Ballroom