The start of the New Year takes on a special meaning here in New Orleans, as it begins the countdown to one of the greatest city-wide celebrations in the world— Mardi Gras. Carnival season is about to ...

ALGIERS, La. (WGNO) — Carnival season has begun in New Orleans and city officials recently announced the line-up for the upcoming Mardi Gras Festival. The fifth annual Algiers Mardi Gras Parade and ...

ALGIERS MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL: The free festival kicks off Feb. 1 with a community parade starting at 9 a.m. at Lamarques Street and L.B. Landry and ending at the festival grounds in Federal City ...

LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) – Vendors are currently putting the finishing touches on their rides and booths as they prepare for hundreds of thousands of people to flock to the Hub City this Mardi Gras ...

Everyone in New Orleans knows the essential Mardi Gras songs. The likes of “Carnival Time,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Go To the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief” and “Second-Line, Pt. 1” are as baked into the ...

Participants in the Mardi Gras Festival and City of Trees Parade hand out beads to attendees on Saturday. Marcus D. Smith [email protected] Decked out in purple, green and yellow, thousands of people ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Families can join the Baton Rouge Zoo Mardi Gras krewe and see local artists’ works at an ongoing art festival through February. For the first time this year, ...