For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.

In a Facebook post Thursday, organizers said the traditional parade will be replaced by a Mardi Gras-style walking parade.

South Africans are outraged over the “Zulu” parade at New Orleans Mardi Gras, which featured controversial imagery... The ...

He also leads a Mardi Gras parade each year in New Orleans. Todd Rundgren will close out the main stage performances Saturday night. The singer and songwriter has performed several styles of music ...

Our city should be as clean every day as it is after a Mardi Gras parade—because we have the money and the resources to get it done. No more excuses—just action,” his campaign website says.

LSU Professor Naohiro Kato has been developing biodegradable beads for Mardi Gras parades since 2021, though the idea first came to him in 2013. These innovative beads are made from microscopic algae, ...

Cybertruck owners Joshua Hazel and Christina G. said crowd members at a Mardi Gras parade threw cans of beer and chains of beads at their car as they drove through to help transport parade marshals.

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 ...

New Orleans' most famous street could soon see sweeping changes if city leaders follow through on bold new safety recommendations after a New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 and injured dozens.