Mardi Gras coming back next month

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The Mardi Gras is returning to Vincennes. The event will be held in the Fortnightly on Saturday, February 6th. Knox County Librarian Emily Bunyan says there will be live entertainment….

Bunyan says the library is partnering with the Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society and Grouseland to sponsor the Mardi Gras. The French Festival has been in limbo for the past couple of years, but Bunyan says they are bringing it back to help celebrate Indiana’s Bicentennial.

Tickets are 15-Dollars and includes food as well as the live entertainment.

On Sunday, February 7th Bunyan says a Historian from Evansville, Dennis Owl will speak on French Culture and Heritage in Vincennes at 1:30 pm at the Fortnightly. He’s a descendant of early French Settlers who lived in Vincennes.

Bunyan says there will also be food. Tickets are 15-dollars.