Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from Mardi Gras 2025.

The OOM Parade will use the modified route mentioned in this article’s 9:10 a.m. update. UPDATE (9:10 a.m.): News 5 has learned about some Mardi Gras parade reschedulings on Fat Tuesday.

Why Fat Tuesday is celebrated, the origins of the holiday A parade participant hands out beads along the parade route in the Bastrop Mardi Gras Parade, Feb. 1, 2025.

Jeff Rosier and Jo Carson dance as M.J.’s Brass Boppers play in the annual Mardi Gras parade in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 3, 2025. The parade culminated in a show at the New Parish club.

The final day of Mardi Gras has arrived. Fat Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, is March 4 this year and is typically the day during Mardi Gras with the largest parades and biggest parties.

The date of Fat Tuesday changes from year to year depending on when Easter Sunday occurs, which also fluctuates annually. In 2025, Easter is on Sunday, April 20, thus making the date of Fat ...

The Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade, Biloxi’s only parade on Fat Tuesday, rolled at its usual time of 1 p.m. amid windy conditions that led to time changes for parades in ...

This year, March 4 is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties.

The Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade, Biloxi’s only parade on Fat Tuesday, rolled at its usual time of 1 p.m. amid windy conditions that led to time changes for parades in ...

The API failed to deliver the resource. The New Roads Lion’s Club parade will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. with no bands, marching teams, or dance groups.

The final day of Mardi Gras has arrived. Fat Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, is March 4 this year and is typically the day during Mardi Gras with the largest parades and biggest parties.