The largest Mardi Gras celebration north of Mobile takes place in Elmore County’s Millbrook and has been designated as a must-attend event in Alabama by Southern Living Magazine.
Millbrook’s 13th Annual Mardi Gras Parade and Festival will take place Feb. 3, 10 days before Ash Wednesday as usual, and is organized by the Krewe of Millbrook Revelers, which was founded in 2004 with a mere 10 members.
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