NEW ORLEANS — Trombone Shorty is a big name in the music world. On Saturday, he'll become a big figure in Mardi Gras, when a two stories-tall likeness of the New Orleans musician debuts on a new ...

Mardi Gras movies and TV shows are the perfect way to celebrate Mardi Gras 2025, whether you want an animated classic or HBO drama. Skip to main content.

On Mardi Gras Day, the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, put on quite a show, with the brilliant and animated tramps, close to 48 floats, a host of marching bands and the king and queen for that ...

Blaine Kern, a notorious float building and Mardi Gras mastermind, ... It's got red eyes, smoke coming out the nostrils, and it's animated and people literally are running for the exits.

Mardi Gras is more than a single parade—it’s a citywide celebration spanning two weeks. “There’s over 30 parades over that ...

Arthur Hardy, a preeminent Mardi Gras historian, told WWNO that Mardi Gras celebrations have changed a lot since the first parades in the 1800s. One constant though, he said, has been that Mardi Gras ...

Imagine it mid 1960s and Mardi Gras is flailing. Hotel occupancy is less than 40%, and no one is sticking around for Fat Tuesday. The crew numbers are scarce, but one novel idea would give ...

Mardi Gras is an entire season, also called Carnival. It begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday — the day we see festivals, feasts and people enjoying sugar ...