On average, over one million tourists enter the city in the final days before Mardi Gras, more than three times the city’s 2024 population of 357,767. The increase in people has an undeniable ...

Mardi Gras 2025 in New Orleans: a preview of all parades, with dates and maps The 2025 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. +14 ...

The annual celebration of Mardi Gras is a Carnival season that begins on Jan. 6 and culminates on Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated with parades, festive attire and the consumption of king cake.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she flipped the bird during the Krewe ... New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell appears to make an obscene gesture during a 2023 Mardi Gras season parade. IMAGE ...

As Mardi Gras celebrations are underway in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, all eyes are on a performer who represents the heart, soul and success of the city: Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone ...

Mardi Gras! Galveston is set to return even bigger and beadier in 2025. Celebrations will take place on the island Feb. 21 through March 4. It will be the 114th celebration of Mardi Gras ...

Personal Perspective: They may look like mere Mardi Gras beads on my rearview mirror. But they represent the resilience and joy of living I found in New Orleans.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The death of a Louisiana resident from the nation’s first case of severe bird flu may raise questions about a Mardi Gras tradition popular in rural areas. Chicken runs are a ...

Mardi Gras is an entire season, also called Carnival. It begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday — the day we see festivals, feasts and people enjoying sugar ...

King cakes are a Mardi Gras favorite and they're steeped in history, tradition and symbolism. ... Harris said most people agree the baby represents Jesus. Harris said by the late 1940s, ...

The Mardi Gras season always begins on Jan. 6, the 12th day after Christmas. However, the final weeks before Fat Tuesday are the most opulent, with sprawling parades, parties and masquerade balls.

The 2025 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. +14 A major Mardi Gras parade bans plastic beads in 2025.