Mardi Growl Brightens Up the City
There’s nothing quite like a mix of children, cute pups, and Mardi Gras colors to brighten up the end of winter and usher in spring in East Tennessee. Throw in the Fulton Band leading the way...
Young-Williams Animal Center
Mardi Growl Provides a Day of Carnival Canine Celebration
The 15th annual Mardi Growl Pet Parade and Festival were held on Saturday. In keeping with a trend that started during the pandemic and has gained momentum at the urging of the city, the festival was...
Mardi Growl Returns
On a warm June day, Mardi Growl returned after a year hiatus. The date was moved from the traditional near-Mardi Gras season. The crowds were smaller. The location was different, as the event moved from Gay...
Mardi Growl 2019 Kicks Off Festival Season
It was a bit chilly for this year’s edition of the Young Williams’ Mardi Growl event, but not nearly so bad as it could have been. A large crowd of humans and canines lined the parade...
Mardi Growl 2018
The eleventh annual Mardi Growl event has come and gone, once more. For many of us downtown if feels like the introduction to spring – albeit usually a chilly one. For me, it’s my little taste...
Mardi Growl 2017
Mardi Growl, sponsored each year by Young-Williams Animal Center, and this year presented by the Old City Wine Bar, has come to serve as the unofficial kick-off for festival season, which is expanding to be approximately...
Mardi Growl 2016: Fun Time for Everyone
The sun shined brightly, the temperatures moderated by the weekend and people and puppies responded with one of the largest Mardi Growl events ever. Last year was colder, the year before it rained, if memory serves....
Mardi Growl 2015
This is one of those articles in which the words aren’t nearly as important as the photographs and the photographs demand a massive amount of time, so I won’t clutter this post with words. I walked...