Everyone has heard the good news about Super Bowl LIX and the fact that it shattered records in New Orleans, but Carnival ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

held the first recorded festivities, according to mardigrasneworleans.com. However, the modern traditions of Mardi Gras (parades, krewes, and its iconic colors) were established in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 ... game and on Feb. 11 it hosted the Super Bowl, both held at the Caesars Superdome under tight security that included ...

New Orleans has about 26,000 hotel rooms downtown, and occupancy averaged about 86% between Feb. 28 and Mardi Gras, the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Mardi Gras float created a traffic headache Tuesday (Feb. 25) afternoon. A tractor pulling the float was tipped onto its side on US 90 West at the Tchoupitoulas Exit.

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes filled the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras Day despite the threat of storms. The culmination of a weekslong Carnival ...

If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to ...

More during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped when onlookers noticed that the stone pedestal, which had once held a bronze statue dedicated ...

Even though Bacchus seemed to roll *** little bit later than expected, there was no decrease in enthusiasm when His Majesty Bacchus the 12th, Pete Fountain, New Orleans goodwill ambassador to the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste. At dawn Wednesday, a ...