Puppets entertain thousands of spectators lining the street Saturday as the Manitou Springs Carnivale Parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs. This year marked the 32nd anniversary of the parade and kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)
Puppets entertain thousands of spectators lining the street Saturday as the Manitou Springs Carnivale Parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs. This year marked the 32nd anniversary of the parade and kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)The 17-foot-tall Indigenous Grandmother of Manitou Springs dances her way down Manitou Avenue in the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)A member of the Manitou Springs Drum Circle group dances and blows bubbles as the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)Kinsey Watts waits at Memorial Park for the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade to begin on Saturday. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)Pete Solie, with the Bayou Boys Gumbo Shack, serves gumbo at the 31st Annual Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-off at Soda Springs Park on Saturday in Manitou Springs. The Bayou Boys took top honors in the amateur division. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)Tonja Medlock, right, and her husband, Jason, throw beads from a balcony as the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade and paradegoers pass on Manitou Avenue. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)A member of the Kamaleon Krewe rides a decorated bicycle in the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade as it makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)GO Team Therapy Dogs walk down Manitou Avenue with the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Bill Davis, known as Dandy Lion, sports a festive outfit in the Manitou Springs Carnivale Parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Carnivale letters dance their way down Manitou Avenue with the parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Puppets dance through the street as the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Spectators film the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade as it makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Donna Dague dances as a banjo is played during the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rachel Miller and her daughter Juliet watch as the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Jennine Scott wears a chameleon head to the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. Scott was part of the Chameleon Krewe in the parade. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Carnivale King Sean Bradly and Queen Anna Rebecca Allen lead the parade down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A member of the Manitou Springs Drum Circle blows bubbles as the Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A member of the Kamaleon Krewe in the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade as it makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Courtney Smith of Gather Food Studios serves up gumbo at the Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off at Soda Springs Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Olga Lerner, right, poses for a photograph with Dennisaurus-Rex and his owner Billie-Sue Mitchell before the start of the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Members of the Manitou Springs Drum Circle group dance as the Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Levya Silverfingers with the Manitou Springs Drum Circle dances as the Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Spectators take photographs of Dennisaurus-Rex, an emu, as his owner Billie-Sue Mitchell leads him down Manitou Avenue with the Carnivale parade makes on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Bernie Abrahams, center, gets a serving of gumboa at the 31st Annual Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-off at Soda Springs Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo.(Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A Manitou Springs Carnivale parade participant wears a festive jacket and Mardis Gras beads on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Karen Kennedy wears a festive outfit to the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. The celebration kicked off Mardis Gras weekend. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Bailee Baker hands a Mardis Gras mask to a young boy as the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade makes its way down Manitou Avenue on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)GO Team Therapy Dogs walk down Manitou Avenue with the Manitou Springs Carnivale parade on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in Manitou Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
