Get ready for beads, beats, and bites! Discover the best Mardi Gras celebrations, from parades to crawfish feasts and toe-tapping live music.

Chron asked an AI chatbot named Island Buddy how to get the most out of this year's Mardi Gras! Galveston festivities, which run Feb. 21-March 4.

A beloved museum reopens its doors to the public, the Union gear up for a thrilling home opener and a rich slate of events take center stage across the region.

March 4 is a many-faceted celebration for Lidia Trempe, owner of Rudy’s Strudel & Bakery in Parma. First, it’s Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, a day that practically requires Clevelanders to eat the ethnic pastry known as paczki.

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed from floats, streets lined with costumed revelers, lavish balls and seafood boils — Louisiana's 2025 Carnival Season is approaching its grand conclusion.

The knights presented an elaborate tableau that included some of their theme floats in the presentation. This included some of Kipling’s works: "How the Whale Got His Throat," "How the Leopard Got His Spots,

Each year, more than a million visitors travel to New Orleans to partake in the city’s world-famous Carnival celebrations.

The Houston area bids farewell to meteorological winter and hello to the start of spring this weekend. March weather is often said to come in like a lion and leave like a lamb. In Houston, our forecast this weekend should be more reminiscent of the tranquil conditions the end of the month is said to bring.