Lafayette and the surrounding areas host a family-friendly Carnival celebration every year that is as culturally rich as it ...

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

The Carnival season, which includes Mardi Gras, began on Jan. 6, also known as the Twelfth Night or Epiphany, and ends the ...

Krewe of Tucks pass out frisbees at the Krewe of Tucks parade during Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 25, 2006. A person and their dogs celebrate Mardi Gras by marching through their neighborhood on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — As residents across much of the country take down their holiday decorations, sobered by New Year's resolutions and a return to business as usual, in Louisiana people are ramping up ...

For more than three decades of Carnival, Haydel’s Bakery has paired its king cakes with delicate porcelain figurines, each depicting a specific character or scene from the season — Mardi Gras Indians, ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 2, 2026 PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — As Carnival Season nears, the City of Pensacola is getting prepared with a kick-off event on Saturday night. The ...

On Jan. 6, Asheville Mardi Gras, a nonprofit organization, hosted a party at Wicked Weed Funkatorium that included the ...