With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The 2026 season won't be quite as ...

THE FRENCH QUARTER WAS PACKED AS PEOPLE GRASPED ONE LAST NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE NEXT CARNIVAL SEASON. IT TOOK FOREVER TO FIND PARKING, I SAID, BECAUSE IT’S THE LAST PARADE ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras is a long-standing ... And it only grew from there. In 1711, Carnival was officially born when a papier-mâché bull, in honor of Boeuf Gras (French, meaning 'Fatted (Gras) Ox (Boeuf ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Mardi Gras 2025 may not have been the biggest on record, but it was the biggest post-pandemic Carnival, with hotel occupancy averaging nearly 90% for the five-day weekend and businesses owners ...

said Carnival and Mardi Gras are also seasons for families to celebrate “the unique culture of New Orleans.” “That is often lost in the coverage of the risqué in the French Quarter and ...

In the French Quarter, known for its ... traditionally hands over the key to the city to Rex, the king of Carnival, on Mardi Gras Day. The tradition of blazing torches lighting the way for ...