Mardi Gras parade was a winner – best floats

Vicksburg’s Main Street has announced the winners of the 2024 Mardi Gras parade held on Monday afternoon.

In a press release, Main Street Director Kim Hopkins said:

The 23rd annual Main Street Mardi Gras Parade 📿 was nothing short of fantastic. It was an honor to have Alderman Michael Mayfield as our Mardi Gras King and Nancy Bullard & Bobbie Marascalco as our Mardi Gras Queens 👑

The parade float winners this year are as follows:

Mardi Gras Queens 2024

Best in Show: Crew Da La burg

Best in Business: Newbreak Krewe

Best Non Profit: Crew of Wild Things

Most Original: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District

Best Civic Club: Vicksburg Cruisers Car Club

Best Recreational Club: Vicksburg Jeepers Crew

Most Enthusiastic: The Proper Krewe

Best Throws: Krewe du Quartier

Let the Good Times Roll Award: Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg

Thank you

Thank you to all of the City of Vicksburg crews who helped make all of this possible, the Warren County Sheriffs Department, and the Vicksburg Police Department for helping keep us all safe during the parade. A special thank you to The Valley for hosting our judges so they could watch the parade from their balcony, to Mary Jane Fant for the use of her BMW, and to Josh Daffron for driving our queens through the parade. Thank you to The Vicksburg Post and Vicksburg Daily News for their coverage of the parade, and to our parade committee, Rebecca Sigh, Danny & Sandy Hearn, Cedric Hall, Dean Anderson, Tracey Prewitt, & Tully Hall for helping us pull it all off.

Mardi Gras 2024 clean up man

We would also like to give a special THANK YOU to all of the businesses along Washington Street and Belmont Street for working with us yesterday so that we could celebrate the closing of the Mardi Gras season with the community.

We can’t wait to see you all again in 2025!