The first Oak Cliff Lions Club Farmers Market is from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at Cliff Temple Baptist Church.
Mardi Gras Oak Cliff starts at 9 a.m. Saturday with Dash for the Beads 5k at Kidd Springs Park.
The masquerade ball, OCarnivale, starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Kessler Theater.
The parade on West Davis, from Windomere to Bishop and through the Bishop Arts District, starts at 2 p.m. Sunday. That stretch of West Davis will be closed to traffic until 4 p.m.