Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday and Shrove Tuesday, will be celebrated on Feb. 17, 2026.

Those who observe Lent will spend the next several Fridays whipping out fish recipes or attending a fish fry and abstaining from eating meat.

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians go to church for a service that emphasizes the start of a season of reflection, self-denial and repentance from sin.