Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana held their annual Twelfth Night extravaganza on Monday. The event featured over-the-top costumes and props as over 35 krewes presented their 2024 ...

As the sun set Sunday night, the 2025 Mardi Gras season officially began. Twelfth Night represents the 12 days after Christmas, wrapping up the holiday season and allowing revelers to begin their ...

residents in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf South start hanging Mardi Gras beads and ordering their favorite king cakes. As the name suggests, Twelfth Night always comes twelve days after ...

Asheville Mardi Gras' queen and king share what's new for the 2025 parade and Queen's Ball. Plus, where to find king cakes.

The answer depends more on how involved you are in Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras does, traditionally, start on the Twelfth Night and there is, technically, a Mardi Gras Day, but most celebrations don’t ...

Behind the magic of every Twelfth Night promenade, chicken run and Mardi Gras parade is at least a year’s worth of planning ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Carnival season is kicking off in the birthplace of Mardi Gras with a Twelfth Night Bash on Jan. 5. Thousands plunge into 2025 at Flora-Bama’s Polar Bear Dip ...

The first Mardi Gras festivities often take place on "Twelfth Night," or the Epiphany, which falls on Jan. 6, according to Britannica. These parades and events continue until the climax on the ...

Mardi Gras was declared a legal state holiday within Louisiana in 1875. The official start of Carnival Season is marked by Twelfth Night, which is Jan. 6 this year. This year, Mardi Gras Day falls ...

These days, the bakery makes over 60,000 king cakes each year and ships nationwide to meet its customer demand. Already, online orders are completely booked for the 2025 Carnival season.

It’s traditional to keep your Christmas tree around until the Twelfth Night (12 days after ... there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to ...