Lesia Montgomery’s art students at Jackson Elementary School had the opportunity to participate in a Mardi Gras float making contest. On Feb. 28, the winners showed their work.

On Sunday, March 2, the 22-year-old Louisiana State University gymnastics team member posted an Instagram carousel highlighting her Mardi Gras festivities, including riding on top of a float in ...

Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could “blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service warned, adding gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) are expected ...

Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could “blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service warned, adding gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) were expected ...

Many krewes require float riders to wear masks to keep the air of mystery alive. Mardi Gras isn’t just for adults—kids love it, too! Smaller parades like the Krewe of Little Rascals are ...

The floats. The costumes. The parties. The beads. So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really ...

Now instead of just a beer, he was getting a trailer to put his kids ... caught their eye because of their Mardi Gras Flotilla, or boat-based parade where floats take to the seas instead of ...

Two Houma parade floats caught fire during the 2025 Mardi Gras season in the Bayou Cane Fire District. The incidents are causing officials to revisit Terrebonne fire safety ordinances. Roughly ...

12. New Orleans became a Mardi Gras hotspot in 1857 when floats were introduced to the city's parade for the first time. 13. Mistick Krewe of Comus introduced floats to New Orleans Mardi Gras parades.

New Orleans braces for severe weather during Mardi Gras The New Orleans area was also preparing for strong storms, though Fat Tuesday's traditionally raucous annual rite of parades of floats and ...