“On the beard side, we have three Mardi Gras-themed characters this year. We have the Jazzman, the Masquerader and the Jester,” Collin said.

Dean has, for 40 years, portrayed Chief Slacabamarinico – the Mardi Gras character first created by Joe Cain in 1868 but revitalized and embellished in the 1960s by Rayford, during the inaugural ...

Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras parade is “the most visible celebration of LGBT people around the world”, but activists warn internal division has put its future at risk.

For months, the Krewe of Oshun and float builder Jack Rizzuto have been at odds. Rizzuto claims he was never fully paid for ...

But Mardi Gras is an entire season, often called Carnival. It begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

The music fits the comedy so well and enhances the action. Mardi Gras characters fill the stage and even a funeral procession is added to give the setting flavor and purpose.