Yes, Mardi Gras is celebrated every year with the exception of 2021, when New Orleans parades were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mardi Gras festivities in 2025 are already set in New ...

There will be plenty of parades in New Orleans leading up to Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. on March 4. Here's what you need to know. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell arrives by horseback at the reviewing stand at Gallier Hall as the 1,500 riders of the Krewe of Zulu roll down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day with their 44 ...

Around 1.4 million visitors packed New Orleans for Mardi Gras 2020 in what’s suspected to be one of the first major superspreader Covid events in the United States. Revelers walk down a mostly ...

Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, located ...

M ardi Gras has been synonymous with New Orleans for well over a century: this year’s celebration, on Tuesday, marks the 160th anniversary of the city’s first parade. But Mardi Gras, sometimes ...

Mardi Gras celebrations erupt into a flurry of costumes and color on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in New Orleans, La. Parade-goers took to the streets of the city to dance alongside floats, catch ...

NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras has officially made its return to New Orleans this week with celebrations that leave behind tons of waste every year. In 2018, for example, the city reported collecting ...

New Orleans again embraces Mardi Gras — with constraints One year after a pandemic-wary city canceled its famous carnival, the parades and at least some of the revelers are back. February 27 ...