One can last days or weeks. The other packs all the fun in a single day. People having a good time pack the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana during Carnival a few days before Mardi Gras in 2010.

Carnival will never be the same. On Wednesday, Arthur Hardy, New Orleans’ No. 1 Mardi Gras authority, announced that he plans to retire on Fat Tuesday 2026. Via email, Hardy said that after the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Changes may be coming to the Thursday-before-Mardi Gras parade lineup, according to NOLA.com. Representatives from the Knights of Chaos, Babylon, and Muses have suggested starting the ...

The Mardi Gras Service, starting on Aug. 18, will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., by train for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. By Gabe Castro-Root Amtrak will begin passenger ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Finding Black Masking Indians, often called Mardi Gras Indians, on Fat Tuesday can be challenging. They don’t typically announce their locations or schedules; even when they do, ...

Mardi Gras festivities are underway in New Orleans early Tuesday morning despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the day. The city’s iconic Fat Tuesday parades are adapting to the ...

Officials rushed to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warned revelers against bringing umbrellas and tents as powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes were expected to strike Louisiana and ...

Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” is celebrated around the world, but here in Southwest Louisiana, our Mardi Gras celebration is closely connected to our Catholic faith and historically French heritage.

HOUSTON — The origins of Mardi Gras go all the way back to medieval Europe where communities in Italy and France counted down the final days before Lent by living it up. According to historians, a ...