The Mardi Gras season, also known as Carnival, begins on January 6th and ends on March 4th, 2025. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. took place in 1699, but celebrations were temporarily ...

The Carnival Mardi Gras is the first cruise ship onboard to use liquefied natural gas (LNG), a type of fuel that eliminates hazardous pollutants. This ship can carry 6338 passengers at 185,000 GT.

Shortly after New Year's, the Mardi Gras holiday will ensue in Louisiana. Find out important dates and when the Carnival Season will begin here.

The Carnival season will end on Mardi Gras, which is now one week away! From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.

Mardi Gras is the last and "biggest day of celebration," according to Mardi Gras New Orleans. What are some other names for Mardi Gras? Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, the end of Carnival.

While Mardi Gras is often used, inaccurately, to refer to the entirety of the Carnival season, it’s actually meant to refer just to Fat Tuesday, which marks the culmination of the Carnival season.

All Carnival parades set to roll in Jefferson Parish on Mardi Gras Day are cancelled, according to organizers with the Krewe of Argus.

Shortly after New Year's, the Mardi Gras holiday will ensue in Louisiana. Find out important dates and when the Carnival Season will begin here.

Why is Mardi Gras celebrated? The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday. It’s a time for celebration and is seen as a final ...

Mardi Gras is a festive celebration and Carnival, originally a custom where people would use all the fats in their homes before Lent to prepare for fasting and abstinence—hence the name Fat Tuesday.