With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The 2026 season won't be quite as ...

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.

Carnival Season’s final parades in Louisiana’s most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash, were moved to earlier time slots — with masked riders on elaborate floats ...

Le Festival de Mardi Gras cancels Tuesday's carnival, parade schedule adjusted as severe weather, including high winds, looms in Acadiana. LAFAYETTE PARISH — Le Festival de Mardi Gras has ...

This year, March 4 is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties.

Carnival season has come to a close ... with 43 days from Jan. 6 to Fat Tuesday on Feb. 17. Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it ...