More Mardi Gras Parade and Food & Music Festival WHERE: The parade will march through downtown Augusta. (Broad Street). The food and music festival will be at Augusta Common. (836 Reynolds St.) ...

There’s always something fun to do in America’s Finest City. Our Weekend events guide is here to help. Get up. Get out. Play! Sesame Place San Diego is kicking off its First-Annual Mardi Gras ...

Spring-like weather awaits us this weekend just in time to ring in the month of March and kick off all the Mardi Gras celebrations in San Antonio. Check out all the family-friendly festivities in ...

Once called "Boeuf Gras," meaning, "fatted calf," the Mardi Gras season was a time of indulgence for foods, sweets, and alcohol as people to prepared to abstain for the Lent season.

Mardi Gras itself is a single day, always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. But the Carnival season (essentially Mardi Gras season) begins in early January and leads up to Mardi Gras.

Mardi Gras falls on March 4 this year, and in New Orleans, the celebration lasts all week long. Here in South Philly, the party starts on Saturday at 3 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.

The first recorded Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans is believed to have held in 1837. Over time, balls, parties and parades have spread out to take place throughout Carnival season, organized by ...

Mardi Gras began in medieval Europe, starting in Rome and making its way to France, she told USA TODAY Friday afternoon. The tradition then made its way through the colonies, and around 1699 ...

An answered prayer. That's how New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick described Mardi Gras Tuesday after the city seriously considered canceling parades due to the threat of ...

Monday, March 3 I Love Mondays: Mardi Gras 2–3 p.m. UMC North Dining Room Celebrate Mardi Gras with king cake! Stop by on your way to class and enjoy a sweet treat while you learn more about different ...

For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.

Local News 5 things to do this weekend in San Antonio: Celebrate Mardi Gras! Kick of the start of a new month under the sunny San Antonio sky this weekend with Mardi Gras celebrations and more.