The celebrations this year were dampened due to weather concerns, but people still came out in New Orleans to party.

Watch live as Mardi Gras celebrations take place throughout New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday.

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed revelers ...

something that people in one part of the country have known for centuries. Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, ...

The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking Indian traditions ...

New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including king cake and parades beginning in January and lasting for weeks until the actual holiday itself. Whether you're a local ...

Permeating everything from its wrought-iron architecture to its timeless traditions and parades, it’s no wonder New Orleans ...

Mardi Gras 2025 may not have been the biggest on record, but it was the biggest post-pandemic Carnival, with hotel occupancy ...

according to the Mardi Gras New Orleans website. It always falls on the final Tuesday immediately preceding Ash Wednesday. Observed in New Orleans, the Carnival season began on Jan. 6 this year and ...

(AP Photo/Jack Brook) Piles of Mardi Gras detritus accumulated from Mardi Gras celebrations lies in the French Quarter in New Orleans, on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) Leander ...

The promise from authorities for more security threatened to conflict with the city’s anything-goes sensibilities, and some changes were evident.

This year, paradegoers who recycle at stations along the route can be entered to win prizes from local businesses. Here's everything to know about bead recycling in the New Orleans metro.