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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

All because it’s Carnival time, here are options for live music in New Orleans through Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday ... soul and R&B. Trumpet Mafia opens for Dumpstaphunk at Tipitina’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...