Bourbon Street is seen from a balcony at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras and New Orleans – a duo so iconic, it’s practically tattooed on the American psyche. Beads flying, brass bands blaring, and revelers firing up their best questionable life choices.

Instead, in the wake of the deadly Bourbon Street attack on New Year's Day, the ceremonial event at Mardi Gras World began with Mayor LaToya Cantrell giving an impassioned speech that was both ...

Authorities patrol Bourbon Street after it was reopened in New Orleans Jan. 2, 2024. Multiple people were killed after a man rammed his car into crowds of New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street.

Floats parade down Lameuse Street among big crowds during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans city leaders are calling Mardi Gras 2025 a success after the traditional event marking the end of Carnival season, as revelers were ushered off Bourbon Street.

Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street Associated Press Updated: February 22, 2021 - 11:41 AM Published: February 16, 2021 - 6:39 AM ...

“We use live facial recognition, so each one of our cameras, like the ones on Bourbon Street, they can scan up to 300-something faces per second,” he said, adding that advancements in tracking ...

This Georgia town gives you the feel of Mardi Gras like Bourbon Street in New Orleans Vanessa Countryman Athens Banner-Herald 0:00 ...