Following the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated Mardi Gras as a Special Event Assessment Rating 1 (SEAR 1) event, allowing federal, ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

I picked my two favorite parades, found out my new apartment was in "the box" and even met some "members" of the infamous ...

With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The 2026 season won't be quite as ...

Despite the shortening of parades, plenty of new and traditional Mardi Gras social events will still take place around the ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day ...

The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, also known as Carnival, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from ...

NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season kicked off on January 6 with a rolling party on the city's historic streetcar line and an annual procession honoring Joan of Arc in the French Quarter. Here are the ...

Observed in New Orleans, the Carnival season began on Jan. 6 this year and ends with Mardi Gras the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season. Parades in New Orleans began in ...

"We tasked our team following the tragedy in New Orleans to look at every thing we were doing with fresh eyes," Mayor DC Reeves said. Danny Zimmern runs Pensacola Mardi Gras Inc. This year ...