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30 Mardi Gras 2025 Instagram Caption Ideas To Jazz Up Your Grid

It’s that time of year when purple, green, and gold deck the shelves of stores, king cakes are being sold at bakery shops, and Mardi Gras festivities are in full swing just about everywhere. Mardi Gras celebrations look different for everyone, depending on where you live and how you approach the holiday. You may be planning your own party, attending another celebration, or even planning a trip to New Orleans to experience the thrill and energy of the iconic, timeless parades along St. Charles Avenue. However you choose to celebrate, there is one thing that remains relevant to any celebration: taking Instagram-worthy photos. No matter where you are, you’re going to want to show off the fun time with your friends in that perfect purple, green, or gold outfit that you probably spent weeks coordinating.  

With all of the planning that goes into celebrating Mardi Gras, it can be hard to get it all done. From finding accessories to buying the perfect king cake so one of your friends can find the baby inside, a Mardi Gras celebration can be hard to pull off. With that in mind, I made this process a little easier for you by helping you out with the Instagram side of things. Here are 30 Mardi Gras 2025 Instagram caption ideas to use for that post you’ve been thinking about.

  1. Let them eat (king) cake 🎂
  2. You can’t escape the masks, beads, and crowns — and why would you want to?
  3. Mardi on 
  4. Beads and bling — it’s a Mardi Gras thing 
  5. Will run for king cake 🏃
  6. Purple and green with a side of gold 
  7. Pass the beads, please 
  8. Beads & bliss, baby 
  9. Darty gras 
  10. It’s a Mardi Parti 🥳
  11. Mask on, Mardi on 
  12. Hola, NOLA!
  13. I came, I saw, I caught some beads 🕺
  14. Food, dancing, and parades — what more could you want?
  15. Watch out: Beads, cups, and toys WILL be thrown
  16. Time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show #mardigras2025 
  17. Same time next year?
  18. 🎷👑
  19. Adding some bling, sparkle, and Mardi Gras to IG
  20. The ultimate guide to surviving the Pardi: Wear comfy shoes 
  21. No problem that some purple, green, and gold can’t solve 
  22. Get your Mardi on 😎
  23. It’s the time of year (other than Halloween) when it’s socially acceptable to go out in a costume
  24. Happy Fat Tuesday to all who celebrate 😋
  25. See you on Bourbon Street 🕺
  26. Idk how NOLA pulls this off every year, but I stay impressed
  27. A Mardi masquerade 🎭
  28. Some purple, green, & gold for your feed 
  29. Laissez les bons temps roule
  30. Thank you, New Orleans
Caroline Cutchall is a Her Campus National Writer on the Life team, offering her insights into topics that dig deeper into experiences and phenomena associated with Gen Z. She is majoring in journalism at the University of Missouri, and in addition to contributing to Her Campus, she enjoys writing personal and reflective pieces for her own blog called The Expressions Blog. In her free time, you can find Caroline dancing and picking her next best outfit to wear in New York City.