City of Trees Parade & Mardi Gras Festival 2026
Schedule
Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
700 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814-4703, United States | Sacramento, CA
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Welcome to the FIFTH annual City of Trees Parade & Mardi Gras Festival!! Our 100% nonprofit Mardi Gras event will take place on Saturday, February 28th, 2026. The City of Trees Parade is a dazzling showcase of Sacramento’s rich diversity and culture! Last year’s event included more than 1,300 performers from 55 different groups, and this year’s event will be even bigger!! Follow us @cityoftreesparade on FB and IG to keep up with all the latest details or visit our website www.cityoftreesparade.orgJoin in on the all-afternoon festival beginning at 3pm, right on Capitol Mall. Kids enter free with RSVP! There will be live performances, interactive exhibits, food trucks, local vendors, and a beverage garden to wet your whistle and help us raise funds for this non-profit event. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and you’ll be able to watch our fantastic parade as it rolls past the festival toward tower bridge, culminating in Sacramento’s only evening-time parade, featuring light-up art cars from Burning Man! From 7 to 9 PM you'll be able to see all of these light up art cars in all their glory, parked right inside the festival grounds.
Parade Riders can see the parade and then catch a ride on a fabulous art car into Old Sacramento to throw beads to the public! Our ticketed Parade Riders will board floats in the staging area and then ride down Capitol Mall in style throwing 100% recycled Mardi Gras beads that we'll provide for you. THEN the entire, light-up parade returns to the festival grounds for our signature City of Trees Parade electric dance party until 9PM. Our Aristocrat VIPs get the absolute best experience, because they can board our very best floats right inside the festival grounds!
Last Year's Lineup Included...
Sac Quad Squad • Peter J. Shields Elementary School Unicycle Club • City of Trees Pet Parade • The A.J. Apartment Homes • Sacramento State Marching Band • Sacramento Juneteenth • Sacramento Lowrider Commission • Noon the Artist • C.I.E Confidence Is Everything • Girl Scout Troop 374 • COA Elite Dance • Sacramento Youth Band's Tower Bridge Trad • Ballet Folklorico Nube de Oro • Zumba w/Gloria & friends
con·nec·tion DANCE | PROJECT • The Merry Antoinettes • BTU Arts dba Bigger Than Us Arts • NOLACAL Second Liners • Sac Town Mardi Gras • Sacramento Roper Romp • Magical Mama Cat • McClatchy Dance Team • Kennedy High Cheer & Dance Team • CKM Lionettes • Solo Riderz on the behalf of our cuzn Frank Munoz
Teng Fei Sacramento Lion Dance • Kuroheim Foam Fighting • Balance Dance Project • Tina B and The Sacramento Soul Line Dancers • UC Davis Marching Band • California Auto Museum • Agricultural Aristocracy • Plan Bee • Kinetic Sculpture Race • Bay Area Bounty Hunters Costume Group
Deco Fish Art Car • Sacramento Ghostbusters • Zombie Club • Parade Magic • Uncle's Art • Pirate Ship Fun • California Mermaid Convention • Torch the Dragon • Simon the Turtle Car • Bike Party Sacramento • J Beezy Stage Truck featuring LabRats
More Details and our Agenda Still to Come!
Together we will illuminate Sacramento with floats, art cars, marching bands, poi spinners, brass bands, dancers, beads, and so much more! Be sure to follow us @cityoftreesparade on Facebook and Instagram for all the news.
So grab all your purple, green, and gold and come join us for our third annual outpouring of Sacramento love through the format of Mardi Gras!
We can’t wait to see you AGAIN, Sacramento!
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Where is it happening?
700 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814-4703, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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