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 ...

USA TODAY is providing live coverage of the parades around New Orleans beginning around 11:30 a.m. ET. You can watch the festivities live at the embedded video at the top of the page or on USA TODAY's ...

If you can’t make it to any of today’s parade, there is one happening this weekend! The Krewe of Waggus is hosting their pet parade this Saturday in Downtown Pass Christian. The original date had to ...

Watch live Mardi Gras coverage through Fat Tuesday.

As people head back to work Tuesday after the long holiday weekend, beads will be flying, crawfish boiling, and parades rolling in New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras.

Riders on float 32 of the Krewe of Thoth were removed from the float after reports of riders aggressively throwing beads at federal agents.

Three separate stabbings cut through the Mardi Gras revelry in New Orleans overnight Sunday, turning a packed Bacchus parade ...

The Krewe of Bacchus honored the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S. during Sunday’s parade, and what better way to ...

Drew Brees can't throw with his right arm anymore, but he can spin it with his left. The retired Saints QB showed out at the ...

New Orleans Saints fans chanted loudly as quarterback legend Drew Brees tossed footballs and beads from atop a float in the Bacchus parade Sunday. Brees, recently named to the Pro Football Hall of ...

Southern University’s Human Jukebox brings the energy to the Krewe of Bacchus parade and the 57th Rendezvous. Other ...

Mississippi Valley State Mean Green Marching Machine performs in Krewe of Bacchus parade at Morial Convention Center.