Mobile's Stephen Toomey is getting worried about the cost of carnival."Well, I've never carried a rabbit's foot in my pocket ...

New exhibit at the Presbytère honors women who shaped Mardi Gras, including Krewe of Iris founder Aminthe Laudumiey Nungesser ...

The Louisiana State Museum has opened an exhibition at the Presbytère, honoring the contributions of women who helped shape Mardi Gras into the cultural experience it is now, featuring costumes, ...

Amtrak will soon operate service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. The new service is expected to launch in summer 2025.

Multiple sailings between Carnival Venezia and Mardi Gras will now call on Amber Cove, Dominican Republic, instead of Grand ...

In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

The family of a mother who was fatally stabbed as she attended Notting Hill Carnival with her three-year-old daughter has said "the feeling of loss is overwhelming, but so is the feeling of rage".

South Africans are expressing outrage over what they perceive as offensive imagery during the “Zulu” parade at the recent Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, USA. The annual carnival, which ended ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, we’re not talking about the winter holidays, or — in the words of Schitt’s Creek’s Moira Rose — awards season. We’re talking about festival season. With ...

The ship will sail from Port Canaveral alongside sister ship Carnival Mardi Gras. “From the music-themed zones to the expansive new water park we’ve planned for this ship, she will continue the ...

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...