Mardi Gras season starts January 6th.
Fat Tuesday is February 9th.
Here are some parade schedules for around the Gulf Coast:
- New Orleans
- Mobile, AL includes Fairhope, Daphne, Foley, Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
- Mississippi Coast
- SE Texas
- Galveston, TXD
- Dallas, TX (yes, Dallas)
- Houston, TX
- Pensacola, FL
- FL Emerald Coast
Life Along the Gulf Coast 
sorry, but when I pulled up Gulf Coast dates were for 2015. I didn’t pull up any other sites to check dates. Thank you for posting.
I just checked them all and they were 2016 schedules. Some of the sites posted these dates in 2015 since Mardi Gras was so early this year. Please try again.