Carnival president Christine Duffy tells USA TODAY the line plans one of the attractions for the 5,200-passenger Carnival Mardi Gras, the first of a new series of giant vessels that will begin ...

Carnival Cruise Line pulled back the curtain on its next class of ship, disclosing that the 180,000-gross ton Mardi Gras due in 2020 will be large enough to have six named design zones.

The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory Council plans an official “parade season,” designated by law as the 12 days before Mardi Gras. ... Carnival and Mardi Gras are weeks of having a good time.

Founder Cecil Roebuck pushes ahead with January 5th debut, filing request for needed permits, and working to grow membership ...

Parade-goers get hit with foam during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Saturday, March 1 Noon, Krewe of Diamondhead Parade, Diamondhead.

Carnival season kicked off in South MS, with 2025 Mardi Gras parade schedule that includes Biloxi, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs.

Carnival Corp. ordered a new Excel-class ship that would be the fourth in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet, a sister to Mardi Gras, Celebration and Jubilee that will debut in spring 2027.

The 1980 Mardi Gras and Joe Cain Day celebration was the last one for Rayford, who died on Aug. 3, 1980. (supplied photo). Rayford, often called a ‘renaissance man,’ had influence that reached ...

Carnival season starts this weekend in South Mississippi and the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day has South Mississippi police and krewes considering security plans for Mardi ...

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 ...

FILE – Rex, the King of Carnival, rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ...

NEW ORLEANS — Two Mardi Gras krewes have their eyes on the Krewe Of Nyx's Wednesday night spot after the parade group was pulled from the 2025 Carnival schedule, Nola.com reported.