Moody Gardens on Sunday hosted the 40th annual Mardi Gras Ball for Special People, a Mardi Gras party for people with special needs, their families and caretakers.

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This new exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere showcases the origins of the social club with the oldest African American debutante cotillion ball.

A parade will roll through Algiers at 9 a.m. Saturday, followed by a festival featuring live music, local vendors and activities for kids.

The first celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans was on Feb. 27, 1827, when a group of masked and costumed students danced ...

February 27, 1827. A group of masked and costumed students, inspired by experiences in Paris, danced through the streets of New Orleans, becoming the city’s first Mardi Gras.

Molly Meldrum at Moomba Mardi Gras for the ‘World’s Biggest Disco’ in 1985, plus Countdown, GTK, Flashez, RuPaul’s and Scissor Sisters hosting.

Do yourself a favour and start your engines (TVs) - it’s the rage mashup you never knew you needed! That’s right, this weekend we’re combining some of our favourite times of the year, Retro Month and ...

On Feb. 27, 1827, a band of masked young men took to the streets of New Orleans, laughing and dancing beneath the Louisiana sky. They wore jester costumes inspired by Parisian Carnival traditions, and ...

Put on your purple green and gold running shoes, because next year’s Carnival is going to be a sprint. Mardi Gras 2027 will arrive on Feb. 9, just 34 days after the start of the traditional Carnival ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — People leaned out of wrought iron balconies, hollering the iconic phrase “Throw me something, Mister” as a massive Mardi Gras parade rolled down New Orleans’ historic St.