By day, 26-year-old Queen Tahj is a cybersecurity expert. However, it's her passion that has gotten her national attention.

Over the years, the Mardi Gras spirit has spread from Mobile to surrounding communities. This year, the good times are ...

Parades, balls and throws — all a part of the Mardi Gras tradition in Mobile. But what about the sounds of the carnival season? No parade is complete without ...

Mardi Gras doesn’t happen overnight, and it certainly doesn’t come together with- out the effort of dedicated community members. The Excelsior Band is a decorated Black walking jazz ensemble and is ...

Reservations have opened for Universal Orlando Annual Passholders (UOAP) to reserve a spot to ride on a Mardi Gras parade float. UPDATE – 01/16/25: As of 12:44 p.m., UOAP reservations for Mardi Gras ...

Much of that is thanks to band Director Marvin Haywood. "We were always taught family over everything," said Alexander Thomas, Senior Drum Major. "We were brought up as a band family so when ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile invested in 18 portable bollards ahead of the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The $167,371 investment was made in hopes of preventing a copycat of the New ...

Kent had a lively arts and music scene, and Hynde was able to make some connections with some like-minded students, one of whom invited her to sing with his upstart covers band, called Sat Sun Mat ...

The Marching Crusaders band program serves youth aged nine to 14 from low-income ... 1,400 bus journeys and supplies up to 200 instruments for student use free of charge. “Mardi Gras is special and ...

The FBI said that “as late as mid-November,” Jabbar looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, researched Mardi Gras and looked up information about several shootings in New Orleans.