When Is Fat Tuesday In New Orleans 2025. Fat tuesday is the last day of the carnival season as it always falls the day before ash wednesday, the first day of lent. Fat tuesday is always the day before ash wednesday.
Most visitors plan to arrive no later than the saturday prior to mardi gras day and stay through ash wednesday. Parades roll through new orleans throughout the carnival season, but the biggest, most elaborate and most exciting parades happen during the last weekend of mardi gras through fat tuesday, which is exactly when our tour.