America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in 1600 in the Spanish colony of present-day St. Augustine, Florida.

Of all the gifts thrown at the New Orleans parades, one of the newest and most unusual is a collection of South Asian family ...

A beautiful sunny day drew big crowds to cheer on Irish dancers, firefighters, police, bagpipers and much more.

We've gathered stories from our archives about Irish names, music, food, drink — and even the saint himself. Let's call it ...

Ash Wednesday weather will be asking for Acadiana's forgiveness after raining on our parades for Mardi Gras. We will have ...

Three parades originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon ... and we're ready to go," said Fonseca. With each throw, catch and scream, people, including Belencia Breaux, said they don't mind a ...

A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured by how much waste it produced. Now, the world's largest free festival is trying ...

On the Northshore, Mandeville's only parade, the Krewe of Eve, rolls at 7 p.m. with some 725 women aboard 34 floats. The riders throw many apple signature items. This year's theme is “Eve Makes ...

However, there’s a chance of rain on Tuesday in the region. “Throw” is a noun used to describe the trinkets that float riders in parades and walking members of carnival clubs — known as krewes — give ...

“We have everything you can throw off a float and then some,” Pensacola Parade People owner Audrey Preston said. “The Krewe of St. Patrick buys all of our beads from here in bulk. So all of ...