Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico ...

The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

The annual carnival comes in the wake of the New Year's Day terror attack. More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... Because it’s linked to Easter, the date of Mardi Gras can fall anywhere between Feb. 3 and March 9. That’s because Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first ...

President Joe Biden has granted the city of New Orleans a Special Event Assessment Rating of 1 (SEAR-1) ahead of hosting Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 3 and the annual Mardi Gras celebration following ...

New Orleans' annual Kings' Day kick-off to the Carnival season did not begin with the usual raucous entrance of the Zulu Tramps and other maskers. Instead, in the wake of the deadly Bourbon Street ...

According to Cantrell, her office has been requesting that the federal government increase New Orleans' threat level since 2019, but the federal government only agreed to bump the Mardi Gras ...

NEW ORLEANS — Several Mardi Gras parades in ... Sunday is now cancelled. Family Gras in Metairie is moving to the Pontchartrain Center on Sunday starting at 3 p.m. Doors will open at 2 p.m ...