Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite anticipated severe storms. The city’s two ...

(Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Group costume contestants dance in the annual Bourbon Street Awards during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer ...

They took rice sacks, tore them up, shredded them up and made costumes ... beginning of the chicken run, so while they distracted the people in the front, the Mardi Gras’s would go in the ...

New Orleans is preparing to make Mardi Gras 2025 an unforgettable celebration. The festivities commence on January 6 and culminate on Fat Tuesday, March 4, during which the city will be alive with ...

It may not have the French architectural charm of Nola, but Lake Charles’s vibrant celebrations have a certain je ne sais ...

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments ... Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate just ahead of bad weather.

PHOTOS: New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras Day with costumes and revelry despite weather concerns Jeremy Speed, a 40-year-old Krewe of Zulu member who grew up watching the parade, rode a float ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and warnings of tornados in ...