You can pre-register your credit card prior to arriving to the Fourteenth Annual Mardi Gras Ball. By ore-registering your credit card you can skip the normal check-in line and pick up your bidder card from the EXPRESS Check-In table. If you are attending as a couple please just pre-register one person. Pre-registration will close at 10pm on Friday February 20, 2026.

How to pre-register your credit card:

Answer the question about which Business, Group or Individual invited you to attend the 2026 Mardi Gras Ball

1. Click the box for "I authorize Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children to use the credit card entered on the submission page at the 2026 Mardi Gras Ball."
2. Click "Next"
3. Fill out your contact and credit card information
4. Click the box "I agree to pay future charges, when I authorize them, according to card issuer agreement"
5. Click "Submit for Processing"