Officials are rushing to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warning revelers against bringing umbrellas and tents as ...

There will be plenty of parades around New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4. There will even be parades for dog lovers after the official carnival season ends. Here's when and where to catch these parades, ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day. The culmination of a weekslong carnival season is known as Fat Tuesday. The day ...

Dionne Randolph has curated the marching band lineup for the Krewe of Muses, an all-female group that hosts a popular parade, ...

You can count on Long Islanders to pay attention to Louisiana cooking at least once a year: On Mardi Gras — this year, March ...

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Krispy Kreme is offering customers a free doughnut on Fat Tuesday this year. Here's how you can redeem the offer.

Mardi Gras was first celebrated in New Orleans by the flamboyant Grand Marquis de Vaudreuil, who created the first “bal masque” or costumed Mardi Gras in the 1740s. That tradition is going on today ...