To submit parades for possible inclusion, email details to LSpecker@AL.com. Update ... noon-2 p.m., downtown Mobile Saturday, March 1: Prichard Mardi Gras Association, noon.

Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, located about 140 miles east of the Big Easy. “By virtue of being established prior to ...

Michelle Locklier lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose in 2024 while she was a college student at the University of ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

With Mardi Gras concluding for the year, the Mobile Police Department released totals for the festival season. According to the department’s figures, approximately 1,367,141 people attended ...

Traci Preyer, Clausell’s cousin, spoke to AL.com about the shooting and how the family is recovering. “Bradley went to the ...

Mardi Gras New Orleans says, but other think it began in 1703 in Mobile, Alabama. Famously, Brazilians and Venetians celebrate the holiday with parades, masks and costumes. In both Italy and Brazil, ...

Descendant director Margaret Brown explores the mystic societies connected to Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama, which predate those in Louisiana. Racial divisions between the ...

Officials are rushing to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warning revelers against brining umbrellas and tents as powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to strike Louisiana and ...