New Orleans kicks off Mardi Gras 2025

What is Twelfth Night? Here's the history behind New Orleans' Mardi Gras kickoff.
Do you know the history of Twelfth Night? Here's how it came to be known as the start of the Carnival season in New Orleans.
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Christmas in New Orleans is almost as crazy as Mardi Gras; well, almost | Travel Live
One of the best ways to enjoy the city at Christmas is to spend an evening traipsing through the lobbies of the city’s legendary hotels, starting with the historic Roosevelt Hotel, now a Waldorf Astoria hotel. But it will always be the old Roosevelt Hotel to New Orleanians.
New Orleans receives additional federal help ahead of Super Bowl, Mardi Gras 2025
The first phase to strengthen the security plan for Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras is already in effect. Both are considered “SEAR 1” events by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “SEAR” stands for “Special Event Assessment Rating,
New Orleans to get 'extensive' federal support ahead of Mardi Gras 2025
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick sits next to Mayor LaToya Cantrell during the annual mayor's Mardi Gras kickoff to the Carnival season at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans,
New Orleans bolstering Mardi Gras security with federal support in wake of attack
New Orleans officials are promising unprecedented security for Mardi Gras 2025 following the recent Bourbon Street terrorist attack. Mayor LaToya Cantrell and NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced during the Kings Day Celebration at Mardi Gras World that the city has been granted a SEAR 1 rating,
New Orleans turns the page toward Mardi Gras
December 6th marks Twelfth Night, when the region turns its collective attention toward Mardi Gras. While the recent terror attack has cast a pall over the new year … all indications are that crowds a
‘Get Back Up’: Biden Urges a New Round of Resilience for New Orleans
President Biden and the first lady joined a city already exhausted by disaster to remember the victims of a Jan. 1 terror ...
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Which New Orleans grocery stores are open on Christmas Day? Which ones are closed?
CVS: Most area stores are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pharmacies will be closed on Christmas Day. Check hours at your ...
What's open in New Orleans on Christmas Day
Several places to eat and family activities are open to enjoy on Christmas Day in the New Orleans area. Below is a list of ...
New Orleans New Year’s Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon
Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was ...
Who is Shamsud Din Jabbar? What We Know About New Orleans Attack Suspect
The suspect who allegedly drove into a crowd during New Year's celebrations on Wednesday has been shot dead by police.
Answering the call, New Orleans 911 dispatchers bring Christmas to their office
Emergencies don’t take holidays off, and that means first responders don’t either.On Christmas Eve Tuesday (Dec. 24), inside ...
Locals and visitors enjoy Christmas in New Orleans
Some chose the Crescent City as their Christmas destination. Folks from California and Washington were spending the evening ...
Rain, patchy fog expected on Christmas Day in New Orleans
On Christmas Day, expect a cloudy start with patchy fog developing in the afternoon as rain chances increase. Showers are ...
New Orleans attack updates: Suspect 'inspired by ISIS,' was military veteran
Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Bourbon Street attack on New Year's revelers just the latest case of terrorists using trucks to kill
Before the terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, deadly car-ramming have struck a German Christmas market, New York ...