The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

Mardi Gras season is upon us, and Houston restaurants and bakeries are selling king cakes that speak to the New Orleans mantra: laissez les bons temps rouler (“let the good times roll”). The sweet ...

The holiday falls on a different date each year. Learn when Mardi Gras will be in 2025. The South unequivocally owns Mardi Gras. Between our over-the-top festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana ...

New Orleans residents and visitors will be able to don purple, green and gold for a little longer during the 2025 Mardi Gras season, which will last over twice as long as last year's celebrations.

Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to Christmas and the start of the Mardi Gras season, Mardi Gras trees are another ...

After celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Mobile, I've found that the latter is more my speed. When people think of Mardi Gras, their minds usually go to the wild party scene that overtakes ...

Some associate it with Mardi Gras, others with a celebration known as Epiphany. King cake is eaten on January 6 in honor of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, which historically marks the arrival of the ...

Laissez les bons temps rouler! It's time to let the good times roll at a Mardi Gras celebration near you! Plan your parade strategy early, grab a king cake to celebrate the season and get ready to ...

A little after the official Mardi Gras holiday, the Bossier Arts Council and the East Bank District are throwing one last big event.