Mardi Gras in New Orleans, also known as Carnival, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from ...

Here's what you should know about Fat Tuesday before bidding farewell to the 2025 Mardi Gras season. More: Pensacola's Mardi Gras is more than booze and beads. It's changed our city and its people ...

From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras will conclude weeks of partying, parades and eating lots and ...

Shaquille O'Neal, Katy Perry and Harry Connick Jr. are just some of the stars who've tossed beads and had ... the celebration of Mardi Gras! March 4, 2025, marks Fat Tuesday, the day before ...

Get your beads and King Cakes out ... traditions and French colonial influences. Mardi Gras is a weeks-long celebration that culminates on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

It's no coincidence that Fat Tuesday also happens to coincide with the last day of Mardi Gras, a carnival dedicated to partying and general merriment ahead of the prolonged period of deprivation.

Fat Tuesday, which falls on March 4 this year ... Citywide revelry and parades, both day and night, build up to Mardi Gras. Beads of gold, green, and purple that represent power, faith, and ...

If Mardi Gras season is the biggest party of the year, then Fat Tuesday is the ultimate final bash before the solemn Lenten season. In states along the Gulf Coast, the day is marked with parades ...

From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras will conclude weeks of partying, parades and eating lots and ...