Amtrak said it is adding a new route that will connect the Gulf Coast to New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.The new, twice-daily Amtrak "Mardi Gras Service" will offer morning and evening departures from ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. —On Tuesday, Mardi Gras brought the Lenten season to life with a blast of brass music and free food on Castleton Avenue, courtesy of the neighborhood merchants. Co-organizer ...

Mardi Gras festivities are underway in New Orleans early Tuesday morning despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the day. The city’s iconic Fat Tuesday parades are adapting to the ...

Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 with joy, colour, and festivity. Share these top 30 wishes, images, messages, and status updates to spread the Fat Tuesday spirit. Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025.

For instance, Beaumont’s annual Mardi Gras Southeast Texas festival, which ran from Feb. 28 to March 2, draws thousands of visitors each year. Texas is also home to the nation’s third-largest ...

The plans had been set for months: Dr. Roquell E. Wyche would finally take her son, Jaxon, to New Orleans, joining nearly 40 members of her husband’s family for their annual celebration of Mardi ...

Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in New Orleans. Friday, Jun 27, 2025. New Delhi o C. Subscribe.

This year, Mardi Gras, which translates from French to "Fat Tuesday," is on March 4. Ash Wednesday is on March 5, the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season that culminates with Easter.

But Mardi Gras is an entire season, often called Carnival. It begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. The holiday which is less than a week away, is just ahead of ...

This Mardi Gras bar crawl on March 1 turns ... followed by the Sahara Allstars at 11 p.m. Entry is $12 cash or $14 card at the door, ... The bar will be decked out in Mardi Gras decorations, ...