Mardi Gras paradegoers can expect an earlier start and a new order for next year's Thursday-before-Mardi Gras festivities. On Wednesday, the City Council Governmental Committee approved a plan for ...

The Thursday night before Mardi Gras is one of the most popular evenings of the Carnival season, with crowds of spectators lined up along the Uptown route to cheer the passing of the Babylon, Chaos ...

Jennifer Holliday has been named be the Queen of Krewe of Bridge for Mardi Gras 2026. (Special to the American Press) Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday will be the Queen of Krewe of Bridge for Mardi ...

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. D’Angelo in 2000. He found fame with an innovative, ...

Singing, writing, recording, producing, playing every instrument already in their arsenal and learning new ones for good measure — G Flip does it all. The multi-instrumentalist and Australia native ...

The Karnival Krewe de Louisiane announced its 16 debutantes for 2026 at coronation ceremonies Thursday at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel. The girls will be presented at the krewe's 39th annual ball ...

It’s never too early to start planning for the Mardi Gras season. Here are nearly 60 parades taking place across Southern Alabama between Jan. 30 and Fat Tuesday, Feb. 17.

Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans and Mobile is off to a strong start, with trains selling out for major events and prompting the addition of more seats to meet rising demand. Since ...

Derrick Groves, the last remaining New Orleans jail escapee from May, was arrested Wednesday in Atlanta. The U.S. Marshals Service said it was involved in a SWAT standoff Wednesday near Delowe Drive ...

As the son of legendary Wild Magnolias Big Chief Bo Dollis, Gerard “Bo Jr.” Dollis grew up steeped in Mardi Gras Indian culture. Following his father’s death in 2015, he assumed leadership of both the ...

The next Community Faith in the Arts Concert Series at Grace Episcopal Church will feature The Center Street Saxophone Quartet at 3 p.m. Oct. 12. This event will be free and open to the public.

The Mardi Gras is currently undergoing its first scheduled drydock at the Chantier Naval de Marseille in France. The LNG-powered ship arrived at the European shipyard in late September, following a ...