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Start Snapping! Our Mardi Gras Photo Contest Is On!

February 1, 2022 | News

Last year's winner by Christine Dumouchel Enter Our Photo Contest for a Chance to Win A Stay in New Orleans! How are you going to celebrate Mardi Gras in 2022? We wanna see! The good times… » Read More

Masks Required in New Orleans Even Before Mardi Gras

January 18, 2022 | News

COVID-19 Vaccination Rules in New Orleans. What You Should Know. The City of New Orleans has implemented a Modified Phase Three, which went into effect on January 12, 2022, with an extended COVID… » Read More

Free Family Fun at Algiers Mardi Gras Festival

January 11, 2022 | News

Get yourself over that bridge! The Algiers Mardi Gras Festival will take place on Saturday, February 12 at Federal City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Acccording to the Festival, this… » Read More

City Leaders Say “Mardi Gras Is Happening.”

December 1, 2021 | News

Get those ladders ready! Start planning your costume! On Tuesday, November 9, Beau Tidwell, the director of communications for the City of New Orleans, murmured the words we all hoped to hear. &l… » Read More

Christmas is here! Time to plan for Mardi Gras!

November 27, 2021 | News

Mardi Gras 2022 is going to happen and it will be here before you know it! With 70+ parades, Carnival in New Orleans is the adventure of a lifetime and, the more you know, the more fun you’ll ha… » Read More

House Floats Will Be Back in 2022!

October 25, 2021 | News

When it became obvious to everyone that going forth with our usual 70-something Mardi Gras parades in 2021 wasn’t going to be good idea, city leaders reached out to the public for ideas — … » Read More

Krewes Give Back After Ida

September 20, 2021 | News

Mardi Gras Is About More than Throwing Beads. It’s About Giving Back. The Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped Mardi Gras parades from rolling in 2021 but not it–or Hurricane Ida&ndas… » Read More

Skeletons aren’t just for Halloween

September 1, 2021 | News

“If you don’t live right, the Bone Man is commin’ for ya!” What do Mardi Gras and Halloween have in common besides costumes? Skeletons, of course. The Northside Skull and… » Read More

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

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