The inaugural Zachary Mardi Gras announced Regena Hartley Beard and Doug Williams as the grand marshals of the 2026 Zachary ...

Mardi Gras season in Shreveport-Bossier will kick off in mid-January 2026 with the MLK Dreamfest, followed by a series of parades and events leading up to Fat Tuesday on February 17.

This Saturday, the Krewe of Centaur invites everyone to a festive shopping event, with the Krewe of Centaur's Annual Ladies Shopping Event and Dress Sale ...

Beginning in 2026, Lafayette's Mardi Gras parades will return to their original downtown route for the first time in decades. The new route will start at Surrey and Simcoe Streets, travel through ...

Carnival will never be the same. On Wednesday, Arthur Hardy, New Orleans’ No. 1 Mardi Gras authority, announced that he plans to retire on Fat Tuesday 2026. Via email, Hardy said that after the ...

Let the good times roll! The annual Mardi Gras parade was held Friday morning at Escambia Westgate School — a very special parade for the school’s special needs students. With plenty of beads, ...

In stark contrast to the glitz and glamour of the parade itself, the scene on the ground was quite a different story. From the desperate clamoring for strings of plastic to the immense pride that ...

With Mardi Gras concluding for the year, the Mobile Police Department released totals for the festival season. According to the department’s figures, approximately 1,367,141 people attended parades ...

New Orleans, renowned for its world-famous Mardi Gras celebration, rescheduled its final Carnival parades to earlier time slots ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms, and tornado warnings, on ...

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The existing police union contract expired last June and will be in place until a new pact ...

Mardi Gras in the Big Easy is almost over, but the energy is still alive. Despite some schedule changes and cancellations due to weather concerns, people still took over the streets for the parades in ...

Mardi Gras festivities are underway in New Orleans early Tuesday morning despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the day. The city’s iconic Fat Tuesday parades are adapting to the ...