After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed from floats, streets lined with costumed revelers, lavish balls and seafood boils — Louisiana's 2025 Carnival Season is approaching its grand conclusion.

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

Chron asked an AI chatbot named Island Buddy how to get the most out of this year's Mardi Gras! Galveston festivities, which run Feb. 21-March 4.

Ollie Clark, adorned in colorful face paint, stands for a portrait during the Krewe de Prank parade on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Kansas City. Emily Curiel [email protected] Mardi Gras parades are not exclusive to New Orleans,

Houston bids farewell to meteorological winter on Friday amid sunny and mild weather. Here's what to expect for Houston Rodeo and Mardi Gras parades.

Fat Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent, is celebrated as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Brazil, but you don’t need to travel to get a taste of the fun.

Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes.

The knights presented an elaborate tableau that included some of their theme floats in the presentation. This included some of Kipling’s works: "How the Whale Got His Throat," "How the Leopard Got His Spots,

Five people were wounded Sunday in Franklinton, Louisiana, after a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade and a suspect was arrested for attempted murder.