85 Mardi Gras Instagram Captions to Let the Good Times Roll
Mardi Gras is most synonymous with a mega party — and while it is a huge celebration known for its carnivals, parades, and colorful beaded necklaces, it's important to know the history of the holiday and exactly what you're celebrating.
Mardi Gras, also known as Carnival or Carnaval, is a Christian holiday, most common among Roman Catholic populations, celebrating spring and fertility. Traditionally, Mardi Gras, the French term for Fat Tuesday, is celebrated on the titled day, but the holiday has since evolved, in many places, into a week-long event full of festivities.
Now that you know the history, go take some pics with your party beads and masquerade masks, and then grab one of the Mardi Gras quotes below for that perfect Instagram caption.
For Showing Off Your Mardi Gras Beads
Throw me something!
Nothing beads Mardi Gras.
Life is short. Buy the beads.
Beads or bust.
Welcome to the jungle: we got king cake and beads.
I've got a need for beads.
Beads or it didn't happen.
On Tuesdays, we wear beads.
Beads are a girl's best friend.
"Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins." –Paris Hilton
You're not fully dressed until you sparkle.
Beads and bling. It's a Mardi Gras thing.
I'm kind of a bead deal.
It all starts with one bead.
From bead to shining bead.
Pass the beads.
All you need is love and some beads.
Cute Mardi Gras Captions
My favorite color is glitter.
When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer.
I wanna be loved Bayou.
It's Carnival time!
Mardi Gras state of mind.
Peace, love, and lots of Mardi Gras parties.
'Fit for a king.
Catch me in the French Quarter.
What happens on the float, stays on the float.
Fat Tuesday is the only Tuesday I like.
Bringing the Big Easy to my living room.
Everywhere else it's just Tuesday.
Sweet dreams are made of king cake and dancing at Mardi Gras.
This just might be our most blinged-out adventure yet.
Laissez les bons temp rouler (let the good times roll).
Leaving a trail of glitter everywhere I go.
Big fun in the Big Easy.
Life of the Mardi.
Let's get jazzy.
You have to experience Mardi Gras in New Orleans at least once.
Mardi Gras is always a good idea.
Having a ball at Mardi Gras.
Lookin' snazzy, feelin' jazzy.
My favorite Tuesday of the year.
We don't hide crazy, we parade it down the street.
You can't buy happiness, but you can buy beads and king cake, and that's pretty much the same thing.
Confetti hair, don't care.
Ready for parades and party vibes.
Meet me by the bayou.
Life is a party.
My Mardi krewe.
Mardi on.
Mardi Gras Captions About Food
I'd be jambalayin' if I said I didn't have a good Mardi Gras.
Will run for king cake.
I gumbo, you gumbo, he-she-me gumbo.
The best things in life are meant to be shared. Especially king cake.
Fat Tuesday: I've been training for this.
There might be a dough shortage with how many beignets I ate alone.
Not pictured: all the shrimp I ate.
If you are what you eat, then call me shrimp!
The beignet took this photo.
Beignet, done that.
Let them eat king cake.
Po-boys before boys.
I found the baby!
It's beignet a while.
There is nothing king cake can't fix.
Some dream of king cake, others bake it happen.
Shrimp and rice and everything nice.
Nobody puts baby in the king cake.
Pass the beignets, it's Mardi Gras!
From now on, sweet dreams are made of king cake and dancing at Mardi Gras.
King cake bakes me crazy.
Mardi Gras Quotes
"C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras, where the people sing and play." – Paul Simon
"There is no place on Earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else." – Anthony Bourdain
"New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse." – Harry Connick Jr.
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." – Hellen Keller
"You can live in any city in America, but New Orleans is the only city that live in you." – Chris Rose
"It's a great party, and anyone who doesn't enjoy Mardi Gras is not of this world." – Franklin Alvarado
“Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once.” – Chris Rose
"Mardi Gras is in our soul." – Kim Priez
"There's a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better." – Bob Dylan
“An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.” – Mark Twain
"Mardi Gras is a state of mind." – Ed Muniz
"It's in our soul to have Mardi Gras." – Arthur Hardy
"There was a change in the air. it was Mardi Gras in New Orleans, after all." – Penelope Douglas
"If you love New Orleans, she'll love you back." – Drew Brees
"There's no place like New Orleans." – Harry Connick Jr.
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