Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5k Run/Walk & Fest
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🎭 8th Annual Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5K Run/Walk & Fest
Saturday, February 20, 2027 | Fort Walton Beach, Florida
We’re back for our 8th Annual — and we’re ready to celebrate Mardi Gras with fitness, community, and FUN!
Get ready for Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5K Run/Walk & Fest! Join us for a fun-filled day of fitness, Mardi Gras spirit, music, vendors, food, family fun.
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Powered by the Beads, Beats, and Better Minds Foundation.
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The 5k will be our 7th Annual, presented by the Beads, Beats & Better Minds Foundation, a Non-Profit whose mission is to support active minds and uplift young adults, their family and peers. We want to focus foremost on
**MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS! **Mental Health/Dis+ease is a social dilemma that's greatly damaging our communities. The fact is either not readily addressed, quietly spoken about or simply ignored.
The Fort Mardi Gras 5k is designed to address Mental Health /Dis+ease by promoting proper exercise, creating healthy minds, coordinating wellness and encouraging mental stability.
Approaches as such are preventive measures that will enable us all VICTORIOUS! Together we will raise awareness while embracing diversity, supporting one another and using this stance to help direct hundreds of lives as we get closer to defeating mental dis+ease to the fullest extent possible.
MORE INFO:
501-837-5219
404- 573-0951
email: pr.ekelsey@gmail.com
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Registration Pricing
Fort Mardi Gras 5k Run/Walk Early Registration
$30.00
+ $2.80 processing fee
event_busy Registration closes Feb 1, 2027
Fort Mardi Gras 5k Run/Walk "Military Discount"
$20.00
+ $2.20 processing fee
event_busy Registration closes Feb 1, 2027
Non-Food, Crafts, & Business Vendor Registration
$75.00
+ $5.50 processing fee
event_busy Registration closes Feb 1, 2027
Food Trucks, Trailer & Beverage Vendor Registration
$100.00
+ $7.00 processing fee
event_busy Registration closes Feb 1, 2027
Virtual Fun 5k Run/Walk ONLY REGISTRATION!
$30.00
+ $2.80 processing fee
event_busy Registration closes Feb 1, 2027
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Race Day Schedule
2/20/2027 09:00
Non-Food, Crafts, & Business Vendor Registration Start
2/20/2027 09:00
Virtual Fun 5k Run/Walk ONLY REGISTRATION! Start
2/20/2027 09:00
Food Trucks, Trailer & Beverage Vendor Registration Start
2/20/2027 09:00
5K Start
2/20/2027 09:00
Fort Mardi Gras 5k Run/Walk "Military Discount" Start
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