Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a legal holiday since 1875, featuring numerous festivities leading up to the main event.

New Orleans has about 26,000 hotel rooms downtown, and occupancy averaged about 86% between Feb. 28 and Mardi Gras, the ...

Learn about the history of some of the most popular Mardi Gras traditions so you can celebrate in New Orleans the right way! New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions Mardi Gras in New Orleans is more than ...

Brad Dean, the brand-new president and CEO of Explore St. Louis, has been in town less than two weeks, but he’s already ...

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With its flower-draped streets, waterfront views, and a downtown that practically begs you to stroll aimlessly, this Alabama ...

The Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 celebration in Australia took place on Saturday, March 1. And the people of Sydney certainly know ...

In normal times, the town of just under 3,000 residents would be recovering from its yearly Mardi Gras celebration, which brings thousands of visitors. But a few blocks south of the store ...

With a massive block party on Friday and a mega parade on Sunday, Old Metairie preps for huge St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

A great day it was as the Krewe of Elks and the Crescent City Truck Parades rolled through the streets of New Orleans. “As you can see, people on the streets, they ready for me,” said Krewe of ...

NEW ORLEANS — After being postponed due to severe weather, three Mardi Gras parades—the Krewe of Elks truck parade, the Crescent City Truck Parade and Mystic Krewe of Barkus—are set to roll ...