Mardi Gras

culture

A Mardi Gras website serves as a centralized hub for planning, safety, and cultural participation during the Carnival season. This guide explains how to use these platforms thou...

Culture & Society

Mardi Gras krewe names organize the season’s parades, masquerade balls, and community roles, each carrying distinct histories and traditions. This guide explains what a krewe...

culture

Mardi Gras krewes are organized groups that plan and execute New Orleans’ signature parades, from costume design and throws to route planning and community engagement. Emergin...

Culture & Society

Krewes are the organized societies that plan and execute Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, designing parade themes, floats, costumes, music, and associated events. They se...

food-culture

Crawfish and Mardi Gras are tied together by decades of local tradition, seasonal timing, and shared community rituals. In Louisiana, Mardi Gras season spans from Twelfth Night...

culture-tradition

Mardi Gras Day 2019 fell on Tuesday, February 25, 2019, concluding the Carnival season that began on January 6, 2019. Mardi Gras is the festive culmination of pre-Lenten celebra...

culture-and-tradition

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is the popular name for the last day of Carnival, which is Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. This day changes each year because it is tied to...

Culture & Society

Mardi Gras 2019 fell on February 5, a date dictated by the movable feast of Easter. Because Easter shifts between March 22 and April 25, Mardi Gras—literally "Fat Tuesday"—a...

calendar-and-time

Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and the final celebration of the Mardi Gras season. It is a moveable feast whose calendar date changes each year because it is determ...

music-events

Universal Mardi Gras concerts in 2018 refer to large, ticketed music events produced or presented by Universal Music Group, often staged in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras sea...