The city born to celebrate is decked out in purple -- green -- and gold! The Downtown streets may be empty now -- but come Friday evening (Valentine’s Day) -- they’ll be filled with thousands of ...

Under the leadership of longtime Band Director Andrew Moran, St. Paul's Marching Wolves have perfected a style that makes ...

New Orleans erupts into a dazzling display of parades, music, and revelry for Mardi Gras. Known as "Fat Tuesday," this celebration marks the final day before Lent and is so deeply ingrained in ...

A statue of Grand Marshal Scrim will lead the Mystic Krewe of Barkus New Orleans when it wags through the French Quarter. Scrim’s handlers at Zeus’ Rescues say due to his fear of crowds, a statue of ...

Letting the good times roll – or Laissez le bon temps rouler, as the French say – during the Mardi Gras season is always a fun time for locals. So to show off all the vibrant costumes, krewes, masks, ...

The city is requiring more police officers at parades this year, putting higher costs on smaller, independent krewes vital to ...

In the Presbytère parade, everything – floats, riders, buildings and even spectators – is made of about 35,000 LEGO bricks.

Discover which krewes are rolling, and get the details on when and where to catch them. Here’s your ultimate guide to all the ...

A Krewe du Vieux subkrewe titled “Drips and Discharges” reportedly plans to make the internationally famous pooch the ...

The crowd, primed by an afternoon of fun activities at the pre-parade festival on the Mall, is ready to catch the 1,300 pounds of recycled Mardi Gras beads thrown from floats, and spill into the ...

On Jan. 25, as East Feliciana Parish thawed from its record snowfall, Clinton came alive with the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras in the Country parade. A record number of revelers turned out ...