As Mardi Gras approaches in New Orleans, maskers and parades take center stage
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 revelers ...
New Orleans boosts Mardi Gras security measures to historic levels
With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security to historic levels after a terror attack on the city's Bourbon Street killed 14 people on New Year's Day. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch has ...
What date is Mardi Gras 2025? Why is today Fat Tuesday? Paczkis, Holy Week schedule, Easter, Lent
Is today Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do we celebrate? Here's what we know from king cakes to Holy Week schedule.
A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the years
Lenten bash and complete with colorful parades, shimmery beads tossed from floats and streets lined with costumed revelers -- ...
Forecasted winds force cancellation of Jefferson Parish Mardi Gras parades; New Orleans weighing decision
Jefferson Parish officials on Lundi Gras (March 3) announced the cancellation of all Mardi Gras parades due to high winds in ...