The French Opera House was a popular venue for Mardi Gras balls in the late 1800s. See where balls are hosted today.

The City of New Orleans is gearing up for the first big weekend of Carnival parades. Two dozen parades will roll starting ...

Here's a look at where public bathrooms will be located in New Orleans during the 2025 parade season, broken down by ...

Photo courtesy of New Orleans & Company Carnival is celebrated all over the world, but there’s nothing quite like Mardi Gras ...

The appeal for student safety comes ahead of the first full weekend of Carnival parades in New Orleans. NOLA Public School ...

Fat Tuesday, which is Mardi Gras Day, marks the last day of Carnival Season, and this day falls on March 4 this year. This ...

National Guard deployments, use of SWAT teams, and a new traffic mitigation system for parade routes outlined.

If you're planning to take a trip down to New Orleans in order to attend the main parades of Carnival Season, it may be a ...

The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

America’s favorite party host has endured acute tragedy amid familiar urban problems, and meets it all with a singular ...

NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season kicked off on January 6 with a rolling party on the city's historic streetcar line and an annual procession honoring Joan of Arc in the French Quarter. Here are the ...

The Miami transplant had moved to New Orleans for law school in 2019 and met Jacob Murphy two days later. She referred to him from the beginning of their romance as her "Carnival baby" because his ...