The Fat Tuesday parties kick off before the sun rises and continue throughout the day across the city, especially in the French Quarter.

An exchange involving historians Errol LaBorde and Arthur Hardy during the ball’s livestream discussed the revived Gulf Coast route, Mobile’s significance as the “Birthplace of Mardi Gras,” and the connections of trains to Carnival.

The actor had been on an extended weekend bar crawl since Thursday, which ended in violence at a Faubourg Marigny bar in the first hours of Fat Tuesday.

Louisiana State Police highlighted their collaborative safety efforts with LDWF during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

It is sometimes hard to express in words what New Orleans means to us, but my wife expressed it beautifully in a text to our friends who just experienced Mardi Gras for the first time with us,” Brees posted on Instagram.

A Mardi Gras march in New Orleans has sparked outrage over an unintended display, eliciting mixed reactions from netizens online.

One New Orleans professor is offering a greener way to celebrate and a local marine scientist applauds his efforts.