With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The 2026 season won't be quite as ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday have officially arrived ... Easter runs late in 2025 due to the calendar system. On the Gregorian calendar, used by most Christian denominations, Easter typically ...

Mardi Gras is a celebratory day marking the close ... Easter runs late in 2025 due to the calendar system. On the Gregorian calendar, used by most Christian denominations, Easter typically falls ...

Everyone has heard the good news about Super Bowl LIX and the fact that it shattered records in New Orleans, but Carnival ...

“While best known for parties, costumes and beads, Mardi Gras has religious origins in the Catholic calendar as well as in pre-Christian pagan celebrations,” HuffPost tells us ...

The threat of severe weather has left New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions at risk, with parades being shortened or canceled, warnings issued over flying debris and officials urging extreme caution ...

Carnival time in southeast Louisiana means it's time to break out the Parade Tracker! We’re tracking more than 70 parades this Carnival season, including several parades outside of Mardi Gras ...

Mardi Gras is officially upon us ... these festivals were adapted by Christians and incorporated into the liturgical calendar as a period of indulgence before the penitential observance of ...