Mardi Gras, an annual carnival celebrated with exuberance and ... Mardi Gras has been called the “greatest free show on Earth.” Paid tickets for Mardi Gras balls or seating in parade stands ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Fat Tuesday is the English translation of Mardi Gras. While Mardi Gras is often used, inaccurately, to refer to the entirety of the Carnival season ...

The day before is the next to last day of Carnival, Lundi Gras, or Fat Monday. Mardi Gras translates to Fat Tuesday. Some call it Shrove Tuesday. Most call it the Greatest Free Party on Earth ...

NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season kicks off on January 6 with ... neighborhood delivered directly to you by downloading the new FREE WWL-TV News app now in the IOS App Store or Google Play.

These are the established "characters" of the Venice carnival — and one way it differs from the New Orleans Mardi Gras, where revelers are more or less free to go where their fancy takes them.

Carnival celebrations — parties, fancy masked balls and other markers of the season — may start on Jan. 6, but the big buildup to Mardi Gras happens in New Orleans in the final 12 days of the ...

Mardi Gras, an annual carnival celebrated with exuberance and ... but general parade viewing and other events are free.