So when you're attending a Mardi Gras celebration, you can look at it two ways. Either you're getting in the last big hurrah before you focus on cleansing and abstention.

Parade floats are being built, costumes are being fitted and krewes are practicing. Let the good times roll! It's almost time for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mardi Gras -- Fat Tuesday -- is Feb. 24 ...

Updated: Mar 4, 2025 / 06:39 AM CST NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A strong storm system will be moving across the Mississippi Valley on Tuesday and it will impact Mardi Gras plans through the day.

Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans will look a bit different this year, as the city is changing times and routes for the Zulu and Rex parades because of severe weather forecasts.

FILE - Mardi Gras revelers greet a float from the Zulu parade at the corner of St. Charles and Canal Streets in New Orleans, La., on Mardi Gras day Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997.

“Hotel occupancy for this weekend is looking really strong. so we always look at the 26,000 hotel rooms within about a two-mile area of the superdome, convention center and they’re telling us ...

Organizers are working toward bringing Mardi Gras Southeast Texas back to Doggett Ford Park in 2026. They say a few minor issues still need resolved.

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...

“Hotel occupancy for this weekend is looking really strong. so we always look at the 26,000 hotel rooms within about a two-mile area of the superdome, convention center and they’re telling us ...

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...