Mardi Gras season has returned to New Orleans. Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has since expanded from a single day of observation to weeks ...

Mobile, Alabama, where six parades were scheduled Tuesday ... Monday’s activities in New Orleans also included an afternoon “Lundi Gras,” or Fat Monday celebration on the Mississippi ...

January 6 marks the return of Carnival in New Orleans ... changes to the float parade lineup which takes place from the Wednesday before Mardi Gras through Fat Tuesday itself, a time period ...

The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily banned when Spain took control of New Orleans ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," according ...

After the New Years Day mass murder, security officials discussed moving Endymion and other outlying parades to the Uptown ...

Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. March 4, 2025 – Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). January 6 – Carnival season celebrations ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Officials in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish have canceled annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades ...