Mardi Gras was declared a legal state holiday within Louisiana in 1875. The official start of Carnival Season is marked by ...

Is there room for a new Mardi Gras parade that rolls a day before the start of the traditional Carnival season? The leaders of the Mystic Kings Krewe, that celebrates the arrival of the three Magi in ...

The Mardi Gras season known as "Carnival" commences Monday ... The first Mardi Gras festivities often take place on "Twelfth Night," or the Epiphany, which falls on Jan. 6, according to Britannica.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2025 is ... which is set to parade Thursday night. “You got to come experience it to understand.” On Mardi Gras in southwest Louisiana, some people will ...

Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, the end of Carnival. Mardi Gras has many names ... season that begins on Jan. 6 and is called "Twelfth Night," also known as the Epiphany, and ends the day before ...

Mardi Gras is a global festival that drives tourism year after year. As destinations compete for attention with their individual attributes, these are some of the top options to consider.

Le Festival de Mardi Gras cancels Tuesday's carnival, parade schedule adjusted ... to begin dismantling props at Cajun Field late Monday night in preparation for the weather conditions expected ...

This year, March 4 is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties.

If you go to New Orleans, you ought to go see the Mardi Gras. That was Professor ... she's emerged as a bona-fide New Orleans carnival queen. Underneath the Jersey mask, that is.

REPORTING IN METAIRIE, BRI All Carnival parades set to roll in Jefferson Parish on Mardi Gras Day are canceled, according to organizers with the Krewe of Argus. According to organizers ...

Get in the carnival spirit with live music, beads, Mardi Gras mask craft station ... Fat Tuesday at the Roof at The Durham with a night of live music, festive cocktails, and New Orleans-inspired ...