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Tardi Gras: Mardi Gras in September?

August 1, 2021 | News

Note: Event Canceled. Tardi Gras Parade Approved by Council But It All Depends on Covid-19. On July 21, the Jefferson Parish Council approved plans for a belated Mardi Gras parade in Metairi… » Read More

Throw me a hot dog, Mister!

July 1, 2021 | News

Mardi Gras in Shreveport with the Krewe of Highland Mardi Gras isn’t just celebrated in Greater New Orleans. There are krewes all over the state and they all have unique traditi… » Read More

Mardi Gras Beads: It’s All Fun Until Somebody Gets Flooded

June 1, 2021 | News

Mardi Gras memories should last forever. Beads? Not so much. A few years ago, 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads were pulled out of clogged catch basins on a five-block stretch of St… » Read More

Krewe of Kings Salutes America Parade

June 1, 2021 | News

It was a Memorial Day Mardi Gras on May 30th in Harahan, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans. The crowd, estimated to be 40,000, was anxious to catch a little normalcy. The weather cooperated and a go… » Read More

Who Tossed the First Mardi Gras Throw?

May 1, 2021 | News

We’ll give you a hint. He says, “Heaux. Heaux. Heaux.” According to Carnival historian Errol Laborde, the first reports of items being thrown as part of an official Mardi Gras… » Read More

Dino House Photographer Takes Home Top Prize

April 1, 2021 | News

And The Winners Are... All the votes have been tallied and the winner of the 2021 "Show Us Your Pics" Mardi Gras Photo Contest is Anne from Slidell, Louisiana, for "Dino House!" Anne has won ou… » Read More

St. Joseph's Altars In and Around Town

March 8, 2021 | News

St. Joseph's Altar at Beauregard-Keyes House on Chartres Street. When the Sicilians began immigrating to New Orleans in large numbers in the 1880s, they brought with them the tradition of t… » Read More

St. Paddy's Parade Canceled. Giving Back Isn't.

March 8, 2021 | News

PRESS RELEASE New Orleans, Louisiana, [March 8, 2021]: As the Irish Channel Parade was canceled for the second year in a row for coronavirus safety, the Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Clu… » Read More

Countdown to Carnival 2022

February 26, 2021 | News

To mark one year until Mardi Gras Day – and hopefully a return to Mardi Gras as we know it – Camellia Brand Red Beans, TABASCO Brand Pepper Sauce, Cajun Country Rice, and the New Orle… » Read More

Mardi Gras 2021: A Year of New Traditions

February 17, 2021 | News

Floats in the Oaks photo courtesy of Missy Fields Dalton Mardi Gras 2021 will go down in history as the year New Orleanians came together and turned a sow’s ear into a paper mache purse&h… » Read More