When you start seeing King Cakes, jester masks, colorful beads and Cajun-inspired dishes, it must be Mardi Gras. Where to ...

No stranger to disasters and hardship, New Orleans transforms itself and its traditions based on what befalls it. Take the ...

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, right, stands with Susan Hutson, center, as she thanks supporters after ...

The Royal Sonesta New Orleans just announced this year’s group of local celebrities who will be the contestants for “Greasing of the Poles.” ...

The city began financially supporting float parades like Rex to inspire more tourism and bring more people to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Nivale said, but there's still the question of the people ...

Fat Tuesday, which is Mardi Gras Day, marks the last day of Carnival Season, and this day falls on March 4 this year. This means that the weekend when the major New Orleans Mardi Gras parades will ...

Parades in New Orleans, and all across South Louisiana, celebrating Mardi Gras first started on Twelfth Night, which was on Jan. 6. However, the biggest parades this Mardi Gras season will be ...

The sci-fi and fantasy-themed Mardi Gras krewe consists of more than 120 sub-krewes, each ranging from a handful to dozens of members. They’d been warned that costs would be higher this year because ...

Now, we can add that the Krewe Du Vieux is known for the time when a mule decided not to participate in the parade. Handlers were able to disconnect the animal from the float and its night was done, ...