This month hundreds of thousands of people are expected to return to Tampa for the yearly Gasparilla Pirate Festival, taking ...

Mobile's place in Mardis Gras history was solidified when a cotton broker named Michael Krafft unwittingly created the first mystic society and led the first Mardi Gras parade.

Do you know the history of Twelfth Night? Here's how it came to be known as the start of the Carnival season in New Orleans.

A Christmas tree decked out with Mardi Gras decorations. The exact history of the origin of Mardi Gras trees is a little fuzzy. Jeff Campbell, co-director of the Plano Conservancy for Historic ...

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season took place as scheduled in the French Quarter despite security fears following the ...

Here’s what to know about Mardi Gras trees. The exact history of the origin of Mardi Gras trees is a little fuzzy. Jeff Campbell, co-director of the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is called "The Greatest Free Show on Earth." Here's what to know about its popular symbol: the ...

Mardi Gras has an interesting history in the United States that dates back to the extremely late 1600s and early 1700s. Prior to is Christian transformation, it was a pagan celebration of spring ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans officials are promising unprecedented security for Mardi Gras 2025 following the ... will be the safest in the city’s history and said she will continue to ...

Each year on Jan. 6, as other Americans are taking down their Christmas decorations, residents in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf South start hanging Mardi Gras beads and ordering their ...