With the start of Mardi Gras 2025 right around the corner, Universal Studios has released a sneak peek of select merchandise ...

AM on New Year’s Day when 42-year old Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a Ford pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street ...

According to Campbell, the Mardi Gras tree concept got started when someone removed all of their Christmas tree ornaments but kept the artificial tree up. The reason is a mystery. After returning home ...

Whether you're celebrating in The Big Easy or on the Gulf Coast, you're going to see colorful floats and get an assortment of Mardi Gras beads. It's also a tradition to eat king cake — a braided ...

Mardi Gras fever is back and is in Moss Point as the King’s Parade rode in style down Main Street on Saturday in celebration ...

CORRECTS MARDI GRAS DAY IS FEB. 21, 2023, NOT 2022 - Children on ladders vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023.

In between, Krewes and mystic societies hold balls and parades where they dress up in costumes, hand out beads and enjoy a nice king cake or two. Mardi Gras simply means “Fat Tuesday.” ...