Mardi Gras is almost here! With the early Easter date in 2024, Fat Tuesday comes early too (mark your calendars for February 13!). The event likely brings to mind parties, parades, and masks in green ...

Mardi Gras is one of the best celebrations of the year. Between the masks, the music, the beads and the king cake, few festive occasions can measure up to how much we let loose during Carnival season.

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is synonymous with revelry before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Festivities begin on Jan. 6, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth Night or Three ...

(Stacker) — The history of Mardi Gras originates in what is now Italy. Dating back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites, the holiday shaped into its current self in heavily Roman ...

The city of New Orleans might still be recovering from hosting the Super Bowl, but that’s not stopping the birthplace of jazz music from getting ready to celebrate it’s biggest annual holiday this ...

The party of the year is here. Mardi Gras, which is French for "Fat Tuesday," arrives this week and is celebrated around the globe. The celebration has roots in Christian traditions. In the United ...

Lafayette’s Mardi Gras parades will roll through downtown again in 2026. See the new route, what’s changing for parade-goers, ...

In New Orleans, the combination of Arthur Hardy and Mardi Gras feels as natural as red beans and rice, café au lait and ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Mardi ...