Jolly Jester Jaunt 5K
THE OFFICIAL 5K OF TEXAS’ LARGEST MARDI GRAS!
Prices will increase!! Buy EARLY to SAVE!
Jolly Registration – 5k Only
$174 VALUE! Includes:
- 5K Registration
- One Balcony Party (Friday, Jan. 29th)
- Friday Headliner Concert!
- Saturday Headliner Concert!
- Fun festival T-shirt
- Participation medal (first 500 registrations)
- Mardi Gras-themed mystery item (first 500 registrations)
- FREE libations (21+)
- General Admission access to Mardi Gras! Galveston Entertainment District on Jan 29 & Jan 30
- 7 Parade Views including Funky Uptown Umbrella Brigade, Mardi Gras! Street Circus, Mystic Krewe of Aquarius Parade, & Krewe of Gambrinus Parade
Jester Registration – 5k + Balcony Party
$251 VALUE!
Upgrade your run – Includes all the same perks as Jolly, PLUS a Balcony Party on Saturday, January 30th!
Friday, January 29, 2027
5:00pm-8:00pm: Packet Pickup- (inside Mardi Gras! Kings Court Balcony Party)
- 7:30pm: George P. Mitchell Mardi Gras Award Honoree Parade
- 8:30pm: Funky Uptown Umbrella Brigade
- 10:00pm: Mardi Gras! Galveston Parade
Saturday, January 30, 2027
- 9:30am: Check-in/Registration Opens- 23rd & Mechanic St.
- 10:45am: Stretch/Warm up!
- 10:55am: Runners line up at the Start- 24th & Mechanic St.
- 11:00am: 5K RACE TIME
- 12:00pm: Mystic Krewe of Aquarius Parade (in the district by 12:30pm)
- 1:00pm: 16th Annual Zaniest Golf Cart Parade
- 3:00pm: Mardi Gras! Art Car & Jeep Parade
- 5:30pm: Headliner performs
- 6:00pm: Krewe of Gambrinus Parade
The Jolly Jester Jaunt 5K will start in the heart of Mardi Gras! Galveston’s Entertainment district under the famous Mardi Gras! arch on 24th & Mechanic. Runners/walkers will “jaunt” 4 loops around the the Entertainment District for an unforgettable 5K experience!
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