Some folks say that the spirit of Jean Lafitte, the pirate, still hovers over the dark waters of Lake Charles, with its cypress bayous and ghost-like Spanish moss. In the murky gloom of twilight, elusive swamp lights offer a promise of buried treasure just beyond. It is said that the water around Lake Charles still provides sanctuary to the notorious pirate. Legend is that his final resting place in on the eastern shore of the Lake where his spirit still guards the treasure that remains undisturbed at its bottom. Krewe du Lac memorializes this spirit when every year we commemorate the romantic lore of the swashbuckling Jean Lafitte in the celebration we now call the Mardi Gras.

Future Mardi Gras Dates

2013 - Feb. 13
2014 - Meb. 4
2015 - Feb. 17
2016 - Feb. 9
2017 - Feb. 28
2018 - Feb. 13
2019 - MAR. 5
2020 - Feb. 25
2021 - Feb. 16
2022 - Mar. 1
2023 - Feb. 21