Venice is a place where dressing up as a character is popular during Carnival. Many people can rent one of Nicolao's costumes ...

The city traded its workday routine for beads, music and Mardi Gras spirit Tuesday as the Krewe of Real People the Next Generation held its annual Fat Tuesday parade.

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season and a final chance for ...

Last month, while scrambling to make a flight out of Newark Airport, I was detained by the TSA. All because of a few baubles. “They’re not weapons. It’s costume jewelry,” I said to the officer as he ...

Beads flew, cannons roared, and revelers filled Bayshore Boulevard as Gasparilla 2026 took over Tampa. Comedy legend Catherine O'Hara dies at 71 after brief illness Enormous freshwater reservoir ...

The Children’s Gasparilla Parade didn’t spring up in 1947 out of nowhere — children’s processions were part of Gasparilla almost from the start (the pirates first showed up in a 1904 May Day parade).

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- We're just days away from LA's Official Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade, and this year's grand marshal is ready to roll. "When I ride past, give me a wave, the salute! Give me ...

LOS ANGELES – In the pantheon of parade float achievement, world-record titles are coveted. The longest parade float, a paper dragon in Gutian, China, spanned a half-mile in 2012. The heaviest, dubbed ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The 26th annual Fayetteville Rotary Christmas Parade returns to downtown this Saturday, bringing large crowds, a boost to local businesses, and a wave of holiday spirit to ...

Barney the purple dinosaur was my first English teacher. Through songs, make-believe and games, I learned how to greet people, ask kids if they wanted to play and talk about the weather, which turned ...

Each December, glistening lights dance on the waterways, floating parades of boats big and small decked out for the holidays. The granddaddy of them all, Newport Beach’s famed boat parade, which has ...