communications director for the City of New Orleans announced parade cancellations late last year, he was quick to point out Mardi Gras would carry on just in a different way. With the House ...

New Orleans and Mardi Gras go hand in ... was one of the first people to mobilize the effort to decorate houses in lieu of regular Mardi Gras parade floats. When it was decided on November 17 ...

The house floats movement was born on Nov. 17, 2020, the same day the city announced there would be no parades during ... are in the greater New Orleans area, Mardi Gras enthusiasts have created ...

With the Louisiana city’s Mardi Gras parades canceled ... notes Victoria Stapley-Brown for Atlas Obscura. A New Orleans "house float" decorated for Mardi Gras Allen Boudreaux / Krewe of House ...

When New Orleans’ mayor announced ... adorn the homes where so many have been in retreat from the coronavirus since just after last Mardi Gras. That’s when 1.5 million people – including ...

New Orleans has very liberal public-drinking laws, so before leaving the house for the day ... you can share with your parade mates. During the peak weeks of Mardi Gras, thousands of revelers ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed ...

New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including king cake and parades beginning in January and lasting for weeks until the actual holiday itself. Whether you're a local ...

Parades on Mardi Gras day have been canceled in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and altered in New Orleans due to the dangers posed by extreme winds that could reach 60 mph in the area on Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras in ... to a few new rules passed by city officials — but no worries, the party will still go on in full force. The New Orleans City Council, in hopes of making parades more ...

Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Get top local stories ... to have been the first Carnival “parade” in North America. The first masked ...