ORLANDO, Fla. — Universal Orlando has revealed more details about its Mardi Gras celebration, which returns Feb. 5 with live concerts, a parade and festive cuisine.


What You Need To Know

  • Universal's Mardi Gras celebration runs Feb. 5 through April 24 

  •  The lineup for its concert series has been revealed and includes Sugar Ray, Diana Ross and more

  • Universal also shared more details about the parade and food offerings

​The lineup for this year’s concert series includes a variety of artists such as Sugar Ray, Barenaked Ladies, Jason Derulo and Diana Ross, the resort announced Thursday.

The performances will take place select nights at the Music Plaza stage at Universal Studios Florida.

The lineup concert lineup, as follows:

Feb. 5. — Sugar Ray

Feb. 12 — Diana Ross

Feb. 19 — Barenaked Ladies

Feb. 20 — Styx

Feb. 26 — Jon Pardi

March 5 — LL COOL J feat. DJ Z-Trip

March 6 — Marshmello

March 12 — Lee Brice

March 13 — Becky G

March 18 — Khalid

March 19 — Seal

March 20 — Gavin DeGraw

March 25 — The Revivalists

March 26 — Jimmie Allen

March 27 — Jason Derulo

In addition to the concerts, bass bands from Bourbon Street will perform daily throughout the park.

The parade also returns to the Mardi Gras celebration and will take place on select dates. This year’s parade theme will be “Planet Mardi Gras,” and includes six new floats that combine Mardi Gras with space elements such as comets, rockets and Martians. The new floats will join the lineup of traditional Mardi Gras floats, such as 50-foot long King Gator.

Universal’s Mardi Gras will also feature food and beverage inspired by different places around the world such as Southeast Asia, Central America and New Orleans. The menu will include beignets, coconut curry shrimp laksa and salchipapas.

The Tribute Store is also coming back but with a new theme: Float Factory Warehouse. There will be four theme rooms with sketches and scale models — designed to depict the creative process of bringing a parade float to life.

Universal’s Mardi Gras celebration will run Feb. 5 through April 24.

For more information, visit universalorlando.com.

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