Mardi Gras

The countdown to Mardi Gras begins in New Orleans as Carnival season kicks off with dozens of costumed revelers and a brass band set to crowd onto a streetcar for a nighttime ride down historic St. Charles Avenue. Meanwhile, a walking club in the French Quarter will march in its annual procession honoring Joan of Arc. Dauphin Island’s Krewe de la Dauphine parade is this coming Saturday.

Mardi Gras is in full swing in the Mobile area. For the Fat Tuesday celebration, Dauphin Island becomes home to the Massacre Island Secret Society

The Mobile area is awash in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of green, purple, and gold. Alabama’s Port City is getting ready for its biggest party of the year. The first Mardi Gras parades will roll in downtown Mobile today.

An APR news featureMardi Gras is going to look different along the Alabama Gulf coast because of COVID-19. The Mobile area prides itself as the originator…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The city of Mobile is moving ahead with plans to hold Mardi Gras celebrations in early 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic. Some…

In today’s Keepin’ It Real commentary, Cam Marston describes the subtleties of throwing chickens, with accuracy, while being pulled down the street……

In this week’s Keepin’ It Real commentary, Cam Marston does his best to explain Mardi Gras, which gets into full swing today through Tuesday. It’s a big…

Celebrating Mardi Gras is proving costly for hundreds of people cited for illegal parking on the Alabama coast. Police in Mobile say they issued more than…

The season of floats and parades is underway, as Mardi Gras in Mobile began on February 15 and runs through March 5. The Port City claims host to the…

Alabama tourism is strutting its stuff in the Big Apple this week.The state’s Tourism Commission is setting up a series of events and displays to promote…