(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Louisiana festival queens from across the state ride in a float during the ... revelers celebrate Mardi Gras with huge parades ...

New Orleans is preparing to make Mardi Gras 2025 an unforgettable celebration. The festivities commence on January 6 and culminate on Fat Tuesday, March 4, during which the city will be alive with ...

There were also two tornadoes in Louisiana’s northern Caddo Parish and at least five in eastern Oklahoma. High winds forced some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, which moved up and shortened the ...

AND LEADERS WRAPPED UP MARDI ... DURING MARDI GRAS NEXT YEAR. REPORTING IN N Mardi Gras has officially come to an end. The clock has struck midnight, which means that the New Orleans Police ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... among social clubs and parade-goers during Mardi Gras, according to Kevin Ferguson, vice president of external affairs for New Orleans & Company, a nonprofit dedicated ...

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 and ...

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 ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite the threat of storms. The culmination of a weekslong ...

Float #8, Louisiana fishing ... heads gathered in New Orleans' historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day as they ...

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 ...