January 6 marks the return of Carnival in New Orleans. While many of the classic Mardi Gras fixtures in the Crescent City will be the same for the 2025 season, revelers can expect to see a few ...

Instead, in the wake of the deadly Bourbon Street attack on New Year's Day, the ceremonial event at Mardi Gras World began with Mayor LaToya Cantrell giving an impassioned speech that was both ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Carnival, is a deeply interesting celebration that contrasts excessive eating and drinking starting in January with 40 days of fasting and penance starting on Ash ...

Universal Orlando is getting ready to celebrate 30 years of Mardi Gras with new floats and an energetic concert lineup.Running Feb. 1 through March 30, Universal Orlando Resorts's Mardi Gras ...

On Monday morning, Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet, along with the Greater Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association, proudly raised the Mardi Gras flag at Lafayette ...

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a beloved holiday, and its also a notorious cultural tradition. Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras due to the French-Catholic settlers who inhabited Louisiana during the ...

BALDWIN, La. (KLFY) — The 2025 Carnival season will be a little less festive in St. Mary Parish, after Baldwin officials have announced its Mardi Gras parade, scheduled for March 1, has been ...

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

The annual Krewe of Bacchus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans just named its crowned big star king for 2025, and 'big' is an understatement, considering the star is an inch over 7 feet tall.

NEW ORLEANS — NBA legend, and celebrity, Shaquille O’Neal has been named the Krewe of Bacchus’ monarch in its 2025 Mardi Gras parade, bringing his towering 7-foot-1 frame and larger-than ...

During Harrison’s time as police chief, a drunken driver plowed into Mardi Gras parade-goers in 2017, injuring 28 people. New Orleans hosted multiple Super Bowls during Harrison’s career at ...