Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 28 March 1 March 2 This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola kicks off Mardi Gras season. Check out all the photos.

Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios Celebrities flocked to Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year ... Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images Katy Perry: The singer performed at the Endymion Extravaganza.

Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday in French, is a celebration that starts on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is observed by millions all around the world and is often referred to as Carnival.

What is Mardi Gras in New Orleans like? Revelers in capes, wigs, spandex and feathers danced in front of St. Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square while Latin music ... posed for pictures with passersby.

Mardi Gras revelers gather at Canal Street as Rex, King of Carnival, makes his way aboard his float through the crowd Feb. 26, 1941, in New Orleans La. An estimate of half a million people lined ...

Chief Hatchet also sometimes performed with the Boppers at local clubs, banging his tambourine and singing traditional Mardi Gras Indian songs like “Indian Red.” He loved music, and would ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

We have assembled something of an introductory course into great Mardi Gras music. Be it Dr. John or Boozoo Chavis, Katey Red or The Wild Magnolias, this is the music that has defined Mardi Gras ...

“The music reaches all demographics, all age ranges and types of people.” For its Mardi Gras shows, King Cabbage Brass Band will be accompanied by other local performers. Guitarist Johnny ...