Mardi Gras in the Port City dates back to 1703 (New Orleans’ version became popular in the 1730s), when New World French explorers had a celebration at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement in ...

Fans of Blue Bell ice cream and Mardi Gras are in luck: Louisiana stores are stocking the company’s popular king cake flavor again for a limited time. Blue Bell confirmed the flavor is ...

Jesters and other characters dressed in the familiar purple, green and yellow tones of Mardi Gras and a float reminiscent of those at New Orleans Carnival parades can be seen passing by in the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile invested in 18 portable bollards ahead of the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The $167,371 investment was made in hopes of preventing a copycat of the New ...

The 2025 Phoenix Fete featured a "fire" theme as Phoenix V arose from the ashes of Mardi Gras 2024 and greeted her sisters and their guests of the Mystical Order's gala at The Cannery recently.

The FBI said that “as late as mid-November,” Jabbar looked up how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, researched Mardi Gras and looked up information about several shootings in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras in Mobile is a time for revelry, tradition, and celebration—but this year, it will also be marked by heightened security. In a move aimed at protecting crowds, the city is installing ...

WE ALSO LEARNED FROM THE FBI THAT THE SUSPECT’S ONLINE HISTORY INCLUDED LOOKING UP HOW TO ACCESS A BALCONY IN NEW ORLEANS, THINGS ABOUT MARDI GRAS AND PREVIOUS SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

If you know of any events not on this list, please send them to [email protected]. Sunday, Feb. 2 – Bayou Mardi Gras Parade – New Iberia, 2 p.m. Family-styled Mardi Gras celebration on the banks ...

Mike Graves pulled his Kia Sedona minivan towing a U-Haul trailer full of king cakes, some jiggling between between purple, green and gold beads, in a Midtown parking lot last year just ahead of ...

Luckily, they've been here before. Mardi Gras is just the first in a series of annual festivals and special events on the island, and "in the lead up to each event we do comprehensive security and ...