Advisory Council will meet to gather and discuss updates and assessments of Mardi Gras 2025 from several departments ...

New Orleans is considered the epicenter of Mardi Gras in the U.S. This is largely due to New Orleans' French colonial roots. While the festival traces back to European Carnival traditions ...

New Orleans, renowned for its world-famous Mardi Gras celebration, rescheduled its final Carnival parades to earlier time slots ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms, and tornado warnings ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Carnival Season’s final parades in Louisiana’s most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash, were moved to earlier time slots — with masked riders on elaborate floats ...

Video below: Mardi Gras Masterminds - The Story of Kern Studios The weeks of carnival culminate with feasting on Fat Tuesday, which precedes Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. This year's Mardi ...

As MardiGrasNewOrleans.com further explains, “‘Carnival’ refers to the period of feasting and fun that begins on January 6 and ends on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), the final day of revelry ...

All Carnival parades in the Jefferson Parish ... we have made the difficult decision to cancel parades on Mardi Gras Day,” Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng said in a public statement.