While one of the most famous Mardi Gras celebrations is in New Orleans, the holiday is celebrated across the globe, from North America, to South America, Europe and Asia. USA TODAY is providing ...

The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily banned when Spain took control of New Orleans. Mardi Gras is celebrated annually, with the ...

The Banana Manor rug store will soon move out, and the Krewe of Hermes will take over the space after buying it and the ...

Lake Charles businessman and community leader W. Gray Stream will be the next Washington Mardi Gras king, and Yale University ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed ...

Steven Milam, Jared Jones and Kade Anderson aren’t the only LSU stars taking Omaha by storm this week. Mardi Gras Mike has ...

Matthew Henderson and Terrence Rice join “GMA” to talk about “A King Like Me,” which follows the lives of members of the Zulu Club in New Orleans.

Fat Tuesday, which is Mardi Gras Day, marks the last day of Carnival Season, and this day falls on March 4 this year. This means that the weekend when the major New Orleans Mardi Gras parades will ...

The Mystick Krewe of Louisianians announced who will reign as the king and queen of Washington Mardi Gras for 2026.

In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking ... My hope is to have a renewed sense that God's mercy is actually real, that it's not just an intellectual concept but something ...