{"id":6155,"date":"2009-08-05T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T18:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2009-08-05T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T18:50:37","slug":"bigger-mardi-gras-in-downtown-fort-wayne-8222009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/08\/05\/bigger-mardi-gras-in-downtown-fort-wayne-8222009\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger Mardi Gras in downtown Fort Wayne &#8211; 8\/22\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Mardigras_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Mardi Gras in Downtown Fort Wayne logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the Downtown Improvement District (DID):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Are you ready to top New Orleans with a rockin&#8217; street party on Columbia Street right here in downtown Fort Wayne?! With beads, gumbo, great bands and New Orleans-style entertainment, this event has become a summer tradition on Columbia Street that is not to be missed!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">What<\/span><\/strong>: Downtown Mardi Gras Presented by Comcast and HOT 107.9<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">When<\/span><\/strong>: August 22, 6p &#8211; Midnight<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Where<\/span><\/strong>: The Landing, Columbia Street between Harrison &amp; Calhoun<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Cost<\/span><\/strong>: FREE!<\/p>\n<p>HOT 107.9 Mardi Gras Band Lineup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.myspace.com\/livvifranc\">Livvi Franc<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Letoya Luckett<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.myspace.com\/jasonderulo\">Jason Derulo<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Destined to Be<\/li>\n<li>And headliner&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tone_L%C5%8Dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TONE LOC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Great food provided by local vendors including Hall&#8217;s Gas House, 816 Pint &amp; Slice, Joseph Decuis and Bourbon Street Hideaway. And special event exhibitors that you&#8217;ll definitely want to check out including Maui Wowi, Woodson Motor Sports, Boudoir Noir, The Men&#8217;s Club, Cirilla&#8217;s, Prepaid Legal, St. Joe Place Apartments and MORE!<\/p>\n<p>*This event is 21 and over<\/p>\n<p>Click here for more info!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing_1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"7960\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing_1.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing_1.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7960\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing_1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing_2.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"7961\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing_2.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing_2.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7961\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing_2.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"10094\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/the_landing.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"Artist rendering of redeveloped downtown Landing. Image courtesy of Design Collaborative and the City of Fort Wayne.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10094\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_the_landing.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/239598.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Landing in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 21, 2021. This photo was taken on March 21, 2021, with a DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"10973\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/239598.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/thumbs\/thumbs_239598.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The Landing in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 21, 2021. This photo was taken on March 21, 2021, with a DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10973\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/thumbs\/thumbs_239598.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/239605.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Promenade Park in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 21, 2021. This photo was taken on March 21, 2021, with a DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"10974\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/239605.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/thumbs\/thumbs_239605.jpg\" data-title=\"Promenade Park\" data-description=\"Promenade Park in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 21, 2021. This photo was taken on March 21, 2021, with a DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Promenade Park\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Promenade Park\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"10974\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210321\/thumbs\/thumbs_239605.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615-DJI_0393.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The camera is on the west side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11910\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615-DJI_0393.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615-DJI_0393.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The camera is on the west side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11910\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615-DJI_0393.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615_Thelanding-DJI_0428.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The camera is on the southwest side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11911\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615_Thelanding-DJI_0428.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615_Thelanding-DJI_0428.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The camera is on the southwest side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11911\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615_Thelanding-DJI_0428.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615-DJI_0407.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The camera is on the northwest side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11912\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615-DJI_0407.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615-DJI_0407.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The camera is on the northwest side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11912\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615-DJI_0407.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210321-DJI_0304.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The camera is on the west side of The Landing. Photo taken March 21, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11913\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210321-DJI_0304.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210321-DJI_0304.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The camera is on the west side of The Landing. Photo taken March 21, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11913\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210321-DJI_0304.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615_DJI_0426.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The camera is on the south side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11914\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20210615_DJI_0426.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615_DJI_0426.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing\" data-description=\"The camera is on the south side of The Landing. Photo taken June 15, 2021.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11914\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210615_DJI_0426.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20240909_TheLandingExchangeRendering.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\" \"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9ff80ae72dbf2f980e1a0af9dc57f40f' data-image-id=\"11915\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/t20240909_TheLandingExchangeRendering.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20240909_TheLandingExchangeRendering.jpg\" data-title=\"The Landing Exchange Rendering\" data-description=\" \">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"The Landing Exchange Rendering\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"The Landing Exchange Rendering\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11915\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-landing\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20240909_TheLandingExchangeRendering.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Downtown Improvement District (DID): Are you ready to top New Orleans with a rockin&#8217; street party on Columbia Street right here in downtown Fort Wayne?! 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