Mardi Gras festivities are underway ... Officials have banned floats and marching bands due to concerns about strong winds. All parades are supposed to be off the street by 11:30 a.m. Police ...

Members ride the floats during the parades, tossing trinkets into the crowds that line the routes. The krewes are showcased in the parades but their club activities and traditional Mardi Gras ...

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 and ...

Three Mardi Gras ... truck parade and Barkus, will roll this weekend after being rescheduled because of severe weather. The Elks truck parade — with 50 individually designed truck floats ...

The woman was struck by a float during the Krewe of Nyx parade during the final week of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras is here! The festivities will start ... one of Carnival’s most coveted throws. The parade will feature 42 floats this year. Rodney P. Mason Jr. was once Zulu's youngest full-fledged ...

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat ... a 40-year-old Krewe of Zulu member who grew up watching the parade, rode a float and tossed his hand-painted coconuts to onlookers.

In neighboring Jefferson Parish, officials canceled parades. Video above: The Krewe of Bacchus made beautiful floats for 1980 Mardi Gras The city’s two biggest parades — hosted by the social ...

Two floats caught fire during Mardi Gras parades in Houma, Louisiana, prompting safety concerns and calls for stricter regulations. The fires, potentially caused by pyrotechnic machines or ...

It was ‘rolling good time’ Friday morning as the Escambia Westgate Center held its annual Mardi Gras parade complete with floats, beads, moon pies, stuffed animals and more. Nearly 30 units ...