So what is the meaning behind the beads at Mardi Gras? Here's what we know about why the beads were incorporated into this celebration and why the festival was created to begin with. Here's the ...

Service" will run twice daily with stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis, though exact schedules and fares are still pending.

The road to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ is paved with beads, the lively sounds of ... journey to EFOC with a spectacular Mardi Gras celebration like no other! This year, we’re cranking ...

Carnival season may be over, but not for Mardi Gras stores around Mobile as preparation is underway for 2026. But with recent ...

Mardi Gras beads hang in front of a home in the 7th Ward, Friday, May 9, 2025 in New Orleans, which is the community where the grandparents of Pope Leo ...

Is there room for a new Mardi Gras parade that rolls a day before the start of the traditional Carnival season? The leaders of the Mystic Kings Krewe, that celebrates the arrival of the three Magi in ...

FILE – Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March 8, 2011.

Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras party now has a new ...