Mardi Gras 2024: New Orleans parade schedule, routes, what to know about the celebration. Emily DeLetter. USA TODAY. Revelers and partygoers, listen up: Mardi Gras season has returned to New Orleans.

New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including king cake and parades beginning in January and lasting for weeks until the actual holiday itself. Here's everything to know.

The 2024 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday Feb. 13.

There will be plenty of parades in New Orleans leading up to Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. on March 4. Here's what you need to know.

New Orleans and southeast Louisiana Mardi Gras 2025 Carnival parade schedule. Get information on all the dates and times for your favorite parades. Skip Navigation ...

FILE – Revelers play brass band music as they begin the march of the Society of Saint Anne Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ...

It's Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. Parades were rolling, costumes are on display in the French Quarter and drinks are flowing for the Carnival season's finale. From the early morning emergence of ...

Carnival riders throw trinkets from floats during the Krewe of Mid-City Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 10, 2013. New Orleans is entering the height of its annual pre-Lenten Carnival season ...

New Orleans is famous for its Mardi Gras parades, but there’s a serious point to them Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed revelers ...