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.

Mardi Gras parades and activities are being scheduled so everyone can let the good times roll. Explore Houma released its Mardi Gras 2026 parade schedule on Thursday, Dec. 18, preparing residents for ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Certain names will forever be connected to Mardi Gras and Carnival in New Orleans. The late Blaine Kern Sr. and Ed Muniz are among them. Then there’s Arthur Hardy, who arguably ...

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 ...

The Mardi Gras Service, starting on Aug. 18, will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., by train for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. By Gabe Castro-Root Amtrak will begin passenger ...

New Orleans' most famous street could soon see sweeping changes if city leaders follow through on bold new safety recommendations after a New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 and injured dozens. On ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A third-party security review commissioned after the deadly New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street recommends sweeping changes to ...

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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 ...

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 ...

SCENE. LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END OF THE 2025 CARNIVAL SEASON. AND LEADERS WRAPPED UP MARDI GRAS WITH A TRADITIONAL BOURBON STREET SWEEP. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN WAS AT LAST ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans city leaders are calling Mardi Gras 2025 a success after the traditional event marking the end of Carnival season, as revelers were ushered off Bourbon Street. At midnight, ...