Will Parade Routes Go Back to Normal in 2023?
August 15, 2022 | News
While the next Mardi Gras isn’t until February 21, 2023, krewe leaders in the city have a big question: Will their parades will be shortened as they were in 2022 or will they go back to their tr… » Read More
Mardi Gras Day is Every Day at Mardi Gras World
August 1, 2022 | News
In New Orleans, we make history. We make music. We make gumbo, jambalaya and red beans and rice. We make art. And we make Mardi Gras floats. At Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World just up Tchoupitoul… » Read More
Explore New Orleans' Other Wild Side
July 1, 2022 | News
It's more than 200 days until Mardi Gras 2023 but New Orleans is still wild! Until there will be humans reaching for beads again, there will be alligators grabbing for marshmallows (or a bit of ch… » Read More
The Photographer Who Caught More Than Beads
June 1, 2022 | News
When photographer Christine DuMouchel attended the Zulu parade in 2019, she was hoping to maybe catch a coconut and a great pic or two. She never thought she'd catch the attention of… » Read More
The First Spy Queen
May 1, 2022 | News
Jasmine Batiste Makes Mardi Gras History as First
“Spy Queen."
Photo by Christine DuMouchel
“The Spy Boy is the baddest of all the Indians. He is ahead looking for tro… » Read More
Join Krewe de Pink at the Pink Bra Run
April 13, 2022 | News
FEEL GOOD. DO GOOD.
What: Krewe de Pink
ANNUAL PINK BRA RUN 5K/RUN/WALK and… » Read More
Throw Me Something, Bunny!
April 6, 2022 | News
Easter Parades for Families in the French Quarter
If you love Mardi Gras-style parades (and who doesn't), head down to the Vieux Carré on Sunday, April 17, for two Easter Parades the who… » Read More
Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. Has a Busy April
March 30, 2022 | News
Catch the Wild Magnolias at Downtown Super Sunday,
French Quarter Fest & Jazz Fest
Think you missed Super Sunday? Wrong! It's not too late to see the Mardi Gras Indians at The Circle … » Read More
Mardi Gras in the Movies
March 11, 2022 | News
According to Carnival historian Arthur Hardy, Mardi Gras has been a back drop for 200+ movies, including musicals, thrillers, costume dramas, comedies, horror flicks, romances and more.
T… » Read More
What's that on your forehead? Ash Wednesday in NOLA
March 2, 2022 | News
Mardi Gras 2022 is in the history books and, this morning, icy roads or not, many are going out to get their ashes on Ash Wednesday.
Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also kno… » Read More