NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from ...

Webber, a New Orleans native, said Mardi Gras isn’t just a party but a cultural celebration in Louisiana. Mardi Gras allows people to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more ...

Michael “M.J.” Jones plays the snare drum as Michael Waters, right, plays saxophone with M.J.’s Brass Boppers during the annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras parade in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday ...

Mardi Gras 2025 is on Tuesday, March 4th this year, and while many people think of the fun and wild parties that happen around Mardi Gras, I’m here to tell you all about the New Orleans-inspired ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 25: A reveler make their way through the French Quarter during Fat Tuesday celebrations on February 25, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras ...

A member of the Zulu parade holds a pair of coconuts on Mardi Gras day, February 5, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, is a celebration the day before Lent begins on ...

Schulz said Mardi Gras has been the ultimate celebration of life in New Orleans since the 1800′s. However, Mobile, AL is considered to be the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the United States.

Mardi Gras is one of the best celebrations of the year. Between the masks, the music, the beads and the king cake, few festive occasions can measure up to how much we let loose during Carnival season.

According to New Orleans' Ultimate Mardi Gras Guide, ... The Galveston revelry comes to a conclusion with The Mystic Krewe of Aquarius annual “Fat Tuesday “ Mardi Gras Parade at 6:30 p.m. March 4.

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...