The store offers an extensive Mardi Gras inventory including "all types of beads, trinkets, T-shirts and other items" for decoration and parade floats.

The way we dress to celebrate Mardi Gras now is reminiscent of traditions that once were. “It’ll be about six feet tall by the time all the feathers are in it,” said Smith. Valerie Smith and her team ...

Mardi Gras in the Port City dates back to 1703 (New Orleans’ version became popular in the 1730s), when New World French explorers had a celebration at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement in ...

Reservations have opened for Universal Orlando Annual Passholders (UOAP) to reserve a spot to ride on a Mardi Gras parade float. UPDATE – 01/16/25: As of 12:44 p.m., UOAP reservations for Mardi Gras ...

Both supercontinents formed over what is now the African domain A new study reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological scar reflecting the formation and ...

Jesters and other characters dressed in the familiar purple, green and yellow tones of Mardi Gras and a float reminiscent of those at New Orleans Carnival parades can be seen passing by in the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile invested in 18 portable bollards ahead of the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The $167,371 investment was made in hopes of preventing a copycat of the New ...

while starfish adorn the mantel. Books on South Carolina's coastal area lie stacked on the coffee table and topped with shells. Vases of palm fronds simply picked up from outside complete the tropical ...

The FBI said that “as late as mid-November,” Jabbar looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, researched Mardi Gras and looked up information about several shootings in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras in Mobile is a time for revelry, tradition, and celebration—but this year, it will also be marked by heightened security. In a move aimed at protecting crowds, the city is installing ...

WE ALSO LEARNED FROM THE FBI THAT THE SUSPECT’S ONLINE HISTORY INCLUDED LOOKING UP HOW TO ACCESS A BALCONY IN NEW ORLEANS, THINGS ABOUT MARDI GRAS AND PREVIOUS SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

If you know of any events not on this list, please send them to [email protected]. Sunday, Feb. 2 – Bayou Mardi Gras Parade – New Iberia, 2 p.m. Family-styled Mardi Gras celebration on the banks ...