Not to rain on your parade but it’s going to rain on our parade. Due to The Weather Channel’s 100 percent iron clad guarantee of rain showers on Saturday the Downtown Phoenix Partnership has been forced to cancel the Fourth Annual Downtown Phoenix Mardi Gras Parade & Festival. But the parties must go on. Downtown Phoenix is still the Valley’s Mardi Gras headquarters and many bars and restaurants are hosting Mardi Parties all day and night. So grab your masks, grab your beads, and grab a cab or ride on light rail and come Downtown for some Mardi Gras fun. To download a full size map, click here.