NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2025 is approaching its climax in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast, with big parades rolling down the main routes as some revelers get fancied up for formal ...

People who are in a festive mood for Fourth of July weekend will have one final opportunity to attend the Fairport Mardi Gras festival. This year’s celebration is slated from 5 to 11 p.m. July 5. The ...

Mardi Gras! Galveston planners have announced the dates and headliners for the 2026 celebration. The 115th Mardi Gras event ...

Mardi Gras or “Fat Tuesday,” has long been celebrated as a day of revelry before the season of Lent begins. The festivities, known for their elaborate parades, masquerades and indulgent feasts, are ...

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Or as they say in Louisiana, let the good times roll! Mardi Gras time is upon us once again. The first organized Mardi Gras in North America was held way back in 1703, ...

For hours before a parade of glittering floats rolls down stately St. Charles Avenue, Carnival watchers are hard at work. Ice chests filled with food and drink soon give way to fired-up grills in the ...

Vernadean will make her annual appearance Saturday on Mobile’s downtown streets, with smoke billowing from her artistic nose. It’s a scene that has been a tradition in Mobile since after World War II, ...

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...