I prefer to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, instead of New Orleans, Louisiana. Tourists can watch parades, eat delicious food, and party all night at both festivals. But I've found Alabama's ...

As an Alabama native, I think Mobile is the best place for Mardi Gras in the US. The celebrations are less crowded than New Orleans' and just as fun.

When it comes to Mardi Gras, New Orleans gets all the attention -- and most of the tourists. But people in Mobile, Alabama, where the U.S. tradition of pre-Lenten parades got its start, said they ...

Revelers throw treats to the enthusiastic crowds. Credit: Cedric Angeles. For the uninitiated, attending Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, can be a little like drinking from a fire hose—and in this case, ...

I f you think you know Mardi Gras, you don't . . . well, not unless you know that the first celebration in the United States happened in . . . Mobile, Alabama, not New Orleans. It has been an ...

Mardi Gras is sort of a moveable feast, and we’re in for a couple of big swings. For 2025, Fat Tuesday falls on March 4, three weeks later than 2024’s Feb. 13 date.

Alabama’s port city is holding a main event of its Carnival season, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is.

As an Alabama native, I think Mobile is the best place for Mardi Gras in the US. The celebrations are less crowded than New Orleans' and just as fun.

I prefer to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, instead of New Orleans, Louisiana. Tourists can watch parades, eat delicious food, and party all night at both festivals. But I've found Alabama's ...

I prefer to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, instead of New Orleans, Louisiana. Tourists can watch parades, eat delicious food, and party all night at both festivals. But I've found Alabama's ...