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Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Rockies at Angel Fire Resort

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As far as Mardi Gras celebrations go, Texas has been known to have some doozies! For those in our fair state looking to experience Fat Tuesday in a phat way, take a short drive up to Angel Fire Resort, in New Mexico, for a live concert with Gyth Rigdon, one of the stars of “The Voice!”

Mardi Gras in the Rockies is an amazing five-day celebration taking place February 21-26, 2020 at Angel Fire Resort, a top-of-the-line, four-season resort in northern New Mexico. Featuring all the fun-filled atmosphere, food, and festivities you can handle, without the need to travel to New Orleans, this year’s Mardi Gras celebration at Angel Fire Resort boasts the best of everything in one sweet location!

Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Rockies at Angel Fire Resort

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Mardi Gras in the Rockies has a schedule of family-friendly activities that includes parades, crawfish boils, a fantastic movie lineup, mask-making, and lots of live music from some foot-stomping, finger-snapping Louisiana bands. Not only that, but Gyth Rigdon, who hails from Louisiana himself, will perform a live concert at the resort on Fat Tuesday, February 25, 2020! Rigdon was the second runner up on “The Voice” in 2019 and has been wowing audiences with his charming country voice since the age of 15. His singing career, which spans more than a decade, has led him to the stage with the likes of Jake Owen and Gary Allen! He’ll be playing at the Angel Fire Community Center on February 25, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., with a Jambalaya dinner happening in conjunction, and proceeds benefiting the first chamber music festival in New Mexico, created to foster the artistic talent in rural northern New Mexico communities.

Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Rockies at Angel Fire Resort

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“The best part of celebrating Mardi Gras here at Angel Fire Resort is you get all of the festivities of the Louisiana holiday, but without the chaos of The French Quarter,” stated Greg Ralph, Director of Marketing, Angel Fire Resort. “Our goal is to bring the best of Fat Tuesday, the costumes, beads, parades, live music, and Cajun-inspired food but in a clean family-friendly, beautiful, ski mountain environment.” Angel Fire Resort will host the five-day Mardi Gras in the Rockies event from Friday, February 21 to Wednesday, February 26, 2020, including live bands each night at The Village Haus and Chiantis. Family-friendly movies will be showing in the Lodge at Angel Fire Resort, and the kids will love the Nerf Gun War, Kids Parade, mask-making, and the town parade! Likewise, the crawfish boil and King’s Cake Pancake Breakfast won’t be hard to take.

Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Rockies at Angel Fire Resort

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But, that’s not all your family will get to experience when you’re there! There’s plenty of world-class skiing and snowboarding, as well as tubing, night skiing, and sledding that the resort is proud to welcome you to. The resort is also extending its Hals Pals special discount for lodging and lift tickets to all its guests, in recognition of more than three decades of Hal McMillin’s (a Lake Charles businessman and founder of Hals Pals) Louisiana travelers group visiting this beautiful New Mexico resort. For lodging reservations, call 1-800-633-7463, and be sure to request the HAL’S PALS rates or use code HALSPALS online at check-out. Tickets to the Fat Tuesday Concert can be purchased at the link available here. For more information on the Angel Fire Resort Mardi Gras in the Rockies event, visit the link available here or call (855) 923-7387.