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Get live Mardi Gras 2025 updates on Fat Tuesday parades, route changes due to weather, and the latest celebrations happening across New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather.
Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 with joy, colour, and festivity. Share these top 30 wishes, images, messages, and status updates to spread the Fat Tuesday spirit.
"I am 109 King of Zulu. All hail Zulu Happy Mardi Gras!" King Zulu said in his traditional toast to Mardi Gras and the city.
New Orleans has once again come alive for the celebration of Mardi Gras! March 4, 2025, marks Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday which kicks off the season of Lent, leading up to Easter ...
One can only imagine how a prudent reformer might refine Mardi Gras if it were attempted in some saner city — like Portland, Oregon, say, or Peoria, Illinois.
Why is Mardi Gras celebrated? The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday. It’s a time for celebration and is seen as a final ...
Get live Mardi Gras 2025 updates on Fat Tuesday parades, route changes due to weather, and the latest celebrations happening across New Orleans.
From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. The holiday which is less than a week away, is just ahead of ...
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana State Police are holding a news conference Friday ahead of the Mardi Gras weekend.
HAPPY MARDI GRAS, HAPPY MARDI GRAS, HAPPY MARDI GRAS. YOU. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, PARADES ARE STILL ROLLING IN TOMORROW. WE WILL DO THIS ALL AGAIN WITH PARADES.
Mardi Gras is the culmination of Carnival season, and this year it lands on March 4. In Hampton Roads, most celebrations will be the weekend before.