New Orleans’ Carnival season is nearing its "Fat Tuesday" climax, with the last lavish Mardi Gras parades set to roll through historic neighborhoods while narrow streets of the old French ...

People are out to party as New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020 dawns Tuesday, with a day of back-to-back parades through the city and masks against COVID-19 required only in ...

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is synonymous with revelry before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Festivities begin on Jan. 6, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth Night or Three ...

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans bade a typically joyous goodbye to Carnival season Tuesday with Mardi Gras parades, street parties and what amounted to a massive outdoor costume festival around the bars ...

Arthur Hardy, the author of “Mardi Gras in New Orleans: An Illustrated History" (now in its fifth edition) and the leading expert on Fat Tuesday, says visitors can reasonably expect a Mardi-like ...

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 ...

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux in his New Orleans home on Feb. 20 preparing for Fat Tuesday and the Grammy awards. Associated Press photo. This time of year, there’s really only one place you’ll find Big ...

The annual celebration of Mardi Gras is a party unlike any other, with parades, costumes, music and some of the best food in America. Visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras may be a travel trend th… ...

The annual celebration of Mardi Gras is a party unlike any other, with parades, costumes, music and some of the best food in America. Visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras may be a travel trend th… ...

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 ...