With high winds forecast for Fat Tuesday morning and parade cancellations in neighboring Jefferson Parish, New Orleans is on pins and needles awaiting word if Mardi Gras 2025 will proceed as usual ...

In the early 1900s, the Black social group Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club began marching in Mardi Gras parades The documentary A King Like Me reveals that the group decided to wear blackface makeup ...

Mardi Gras is here! The festivities will start extra early this year due to Zulu moving up its parade. Looking for another NOLA.com Parade Cam broadcast? Click here for the full schedule. Zulu rolls ...

Everywhere else, it's just Tuesday. But today, New Orleans threw the biggest free party in the world. Latest forecast | Download the WDSU Parade Tracker app | Full schedule of parades Sign up for our ...

Editor's note: Find the latest story with updates here. Rex and Zulu, New Orleans' famed Fat Tuesday parades, will roll early and with pared-down processions due to forecasts of high winds and ...

With strong winds in the forecast on Tuesday, Mardi Gras parades in Jefferson Parish have been canceled, and two parades in New Orleans have adjusted their plans, WDSU and Fox 8 reported. The National ...

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from Mardi ...

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LIKE WE SAID, A LOT OF BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS. NEW ORLEANS PARADES ARE STILL ON, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CAVEATS WITH THAT. YEAH. THE ROUTE IS GOING TO ...

A CHALLENGE. LET’S CHECK BACK IN WITH THEM. YEAH, I MEAN, WE’RE STILL HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE. I DON’T KNOW IF Y’ALL CAN SEE WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIX THE ...

NEW ORLEANS — Zulu and Rex will both roll early with no marching krewes, bands or truck floats in an effort to beat the high winds expected to hit the metro area on Fat Tuesday. The announcement comes ...

On Sunday evening, Aug. 28, 2005, I was looking out of the upper window of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, looking down as crowds were scurrying to enter the Superdome. I had just checked into the ...