photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revel in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as they march through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Local musicians and other revelers celebrated Mardi Gras on Tuesday with an annual parade up downtown Lawrence sidewalks. The parade began on the south end of Massachusetts Street shortly before noon and stopped inside several downtown spots before heading to Free State Brewery to play for lunchtime patrons. (Photos by Mike Yoder/Lawrence Journal-World)

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revel in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as they march through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A participant in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revels in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as marchers make their way through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revel in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as they march through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revel in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as marchers make their way through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A participant in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade revels in the sounds of New Orleans jazz as marchers make their way through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade bring a little New Orleans jazz to the inside of Alchemy Coffee and Bake House, 816 Massachusetts St., during their march through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in the annual Lawrence Mardi Gras parade bring a little New Orleans jazz to the inside of Alchemy Coffee and Bake House, 816 Massachusetts St., during their march through downtown Tuesday, March 5, 2019.