Mardi Gras! Galveston 2025: Bead There
February 21 – March 4, 2025
At Mardi Gras! Galveston, the extravagance found in Texas’s largest Mardi Gras celebration starts with the beads! More than 3 million beads will be thrown at Mardi Gras! Galveston and that’s just the beginning of the elaborate parades, headliner performances, family events, feasting, and other festivities that come with hosting Mardi Gras island style.
WATCH…all your favorite Mardi Gras parades (including the Mystic Krewe of Aquarius, Krewe Gambrinus, and Knights of Momus Grand Night Parade as they come to the Entertainment District) from a balcony party on the Strand! Balcony parties include admission into the Entertainment District, access to the balcony party with a cash bar and music, and a VIP view of the Mardi Gras festivities! Find the full list of tickets HERE.
DANCE…to non-stop entertainment on the Corona Extra Stage and Salute to Texas Stage. Buy your General Admission tickets today and have access to all concerts!
RUN…the 111th Mardi Gras! Galveston Official 5k Run to start the party early!
ROLL…with the 11th Annual Zaniest Golf Cart Parade! Golf Cart parade entries receive FREE entry into the Entertainment District & Best Decorated Golf Cart gets FREE Balcony Party Passes!
RIDE…with your “Ticket to Ride” We provide the float, beads, driver, and balcony party you provide the Krewe! Gather your friends and contact info@yagasevents.com to sign up today and ask about ALL the ways to PLAY!
Get tickets and info: check out all the fun:
- Tickets
- Parades
- Concerts & Entertainment
- Balconies
- Contests
- Official 5 K Run
- Airstream Rally
- Blood Drive
- Official Poster Contest
Life Skills Students Give Second Chance To Old Mardi Gras! Beads
‘Beads for Needs’ – is BACK for its second year at the 112th Mardi Gras! Galveston celebration!
Each year, Yaga’s Entertainment buys 3 million strands of plastic beads to be thrown during Mardi Gras! Galveston, and after all the fun is had those beads are either added to the trash or get stashed away in a closet to be forgotten about.
Now, those beads will have a renewed purpose in helping the students at Ball High in Daren Muren’s Life Skills program and Rob Lewis’ entrepreneurial program – Incubator. The Incubator business students will work closely with Life Skills students to collect, sort, clean and repackage the beads for sale in their upcoming online store.
Students will coordinate the collection of beads through community events. BHS Service and social clubs will work alongside community groups in an effort to round up 1 million beads prior to the 2023 carnival season. Beads will be collected in specific bead drive containers to be decorated by the GISD Art Program in a festive Mardi Gras! fashion.
The beads are just one piece of the plan for the Life Skills program and will provide funding for the endeavor. Eventually, Muren and Yaga’s Entertainment envision students who have graduated from the Life Skills program working in a community center that houses the bead project, a café, merchandise, and laundry. This student-run operation will provide resources for the community and essential entrepreneurial skills to the students. In addition, it will give a paycheck to students so they can see the benefits of their hard work.
Beads stay out of the trash. Students learn how to run a business. The community benefits.
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