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

Lenten bash and complete with colorful parades, shimmery beads tossed from floats and streets lined with costumed revelers -- ...

Researchers at LSU have developed 3D printed, biodegradable beads for Mardi Gras to reduce waste from the famous parades in New Orleans.

Austin's ultra-exclusive cheese parade, 'Sabadeaux Queseaux', surprises locals with costumes and a Velveeta float. It may have to do with Mardi Gras.

You shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight, as the saying goes, but bringing spoons to a Mardi Gras parade might be just the ticket. At least that’s the plan for members of Krewe Bon Appetit, who will ...

Each year, more than a million visitors travel to New Orleans to partake in the city’s world-famous Carnival celebrations.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the spiritual and cultural underpinnings of Mardi Gras from a Voodoo Queen. We ...

This year’s parade theme was “I’m Every Woman,” featuring 2025 Femme Fatale Queen Yolanda Singleton and 2025 Grand Marshal ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - It's almost time to roll for the 2025 Krewe of Highland parade, but you wouldn't know it from the quiet on the parade route.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Get ready for beads, beats, and bites! Discover the best Mardi Gras celebrations, from parades to crawfish feasts and toe-tapping live music.

With a feminist outlook and a willingness to innovate, the Krewe of Muses was the tend setter of 21st-century Carnival in New ...