Historically, the Elks Orleanians and Crescent City Truck parades followed the Rex parade throughout its Uptown route, reaching all the way to Canal Street.

This year, the most significant changes to the parading season are over the lineups and routes of several popular events.

The Mardi Gras season, also referred to as Carnival, begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras is back at the Universal Orlando Resort and PEOPLE can exclusively reveal its concert series lineup. Artists like ...

New Orleans and Baton Rouge prepare for Mardi Gras with scheduled parades and parties, observing updated regulations on ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA - January 14, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Felipe's Taqueria—Mid City New Orleans has announced plans to ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The raucous Mardi Gras parades where riders on elaborate floats toss trinkets to adoring throngs have been canceled in New Orleans because the close-packed crowds could spread the ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Knights of Momus, Galveston's oldest Mardi Gras krewe, announced Tuesday that it will not participate in the 2021 celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group is ...

NEW ORLEANS — Changes may be coming to the Thursday-before-Mardi Gras parade lineup, according to NOLA.com. Representatives from the Knights of Chaos, Babylon, and Muses have suggested starting the ...

PRICE TAG. ALSO NEW AT NOON. SOME BIG CARNIVAL NEWS AS THE LINEUP FOR THAT THURSDAY BEFORE MARDI GRAS IS CHANGING. THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL IS NOW SET TO VOTE ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ...

Mardi Gras paradegoers can expect an earlier start and a new order for next year's Thursday-before-Mardi Gras festivities. On Wednesday, the City Council Governmental Committee approved a plan for ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The man accused of driving a truck into a Mardi Gras parade crowd, injuring 28 people, had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit, New Orleans police said Sunday.