Updated: Mar 4, 2025 / 10:53 AM CST MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A newly opened float barn in Mobile aims to be inclusive to anyone who wants to store their Mardi Gras floats and join in on the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s time for purple, green, gold, and pink to cover the streets for Mardi Gras weekend, but for float riders, that all adds up at the register. At Parties Start Here ...

For months, the Krewe of Oshun and float builder Jack Rizzuto have been at odds. Rizzuto claims he was never fully paid for ...

Mardi Gras was observed for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement of Mobile way back in 1703. And it only grew from there.

Mardi Gras is a time for grandeur and excess. Inspired by Jacques Cousteau, the Krewe of Bacchus showed who ruled Mardi Gras by creating giant life-like displays for an aquatic theme in 1980.

The floats. The costumes. The parties. The beads. So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really ...

The Krewe of House Floats announced Friday that it would return next year. Mardi Gras parades were cancelled during the 2021 season out of concern that the massive crowds of people could become a ...