The 2010 Mardi Gras celebration in Panama City beach has now expanded into a two day festival along the Beaches of Northwest Florida.  Come on out to Pier Park Friday night and experience one of the best Mardi Gras parties around.  There will be a street dance with live bands, delicious cajun food, classic cars, pirate beads, doubloons, Krewe Royalty and much more.   

On Saturday, February 6th, enjoy the children’s parade at 10:00am followed by the formal Panama City Beach Mardi Gras Parade by the Krewe of Dominique Youx at 2:00pm.  The Krewe of Dominique Youx is Bay County’s original organization of nearly 200 members who have celebrated the Mardi Gras season for the last 22 years.

Dominique Youx is the nickname of a buccaneer named Fredri Alexander Lafitte who sailed the southern seas in the early 1800s.  Fredric served France during the war with Spain and eventually organized hundreds of rogues into the Scourge of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

Southern Resorts Vacation Rentals invites you to round up the kids and call your friends to come have fun at this annual getdown.  For more information about events, exclusive specials and other happenings along the Beaches of the Florida Panhandle, become our fan at www.thefacebook.com/SouthernResorts.