The parade was a lavish affair on the island. Here are some of the fun photos from that chilly night celebrating Mardi Gras. The scene in Galveston during Mardi Gras 2022 by Dave Rossman Photography.

These photos capture the essence of the 2025 Mardi Gras celebration. Mardi Gras 2025: New Orleans parade schedule, routes, what to know about the celebration Contributing: Gabe Hauari, Emily ...

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 ...

To gear up for Mardi Gras, check out these vintage photos from the early 20th century, which prove it's always been America's coolest party. Paige Cooperstein contributed to a previous version of ...

This photo from the McCall Library at the University of South Alabama is labeled "Maskers, ca. 1930." The people are thought to be Mardi Gras maskers but the date of the photo is unclear.

Mardi Gras 2014 is wrapping up with a bang in New Orleans with today's Fat Tuesday celebrations. The party's been as wild as ever this year, before the self-denial season of Lent begins.

LIFE.com offers a gallery of those previously unpublished Vandivert photos: pictures of men, women and children happily caught up in the whirlwind of Mardi Gras, in a vanished New Orleans that ...

During Cajun Mardi Gras, revelers go on a "chicken run'' to catch a bird to put in a large community gumbo. The original caption for this 1975 photo: "Far away from clamor and revelry of Carnival ...

At the Omega Mardi Gras party in Washington D.C., 1930. Scurlock Studio, courtesy of the American History Museum The photos of revelers celebrating Mardi Gras in the 1930s and 40s in Washington ...

Take a look at photos from the parades. Parade watchers cheer for throws during the Ocean Springs Elks Club Mardi Gras Parade in Ocean Springs on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald ...