After having attended many Carnival festivities in Las Vegas for several years, Frieda Sonksen and Georg Breitling started the Germania Carnival group in 2001.

The carnival season is celebrated every year, starting on the eleventh day of the eleventh month and ending on Ash Wednesday in February. For many years, the Carnival Group used to hold a traditional Costume Ball at the Germania Halle, which was always well attended.

The Carnival Group is a member of German-American Mardi Gras Association (GAMGA), an umbrella organization for all the carnival groups within the U.S. and Canada. Every year this association holds a big carnival event in Las Vegas, which is attended by approximately 1400 carnival lovers coming from as far as Germany.

Although the Carnival group is taking a break at the moment, they look forward to starting up again in the near future.