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Two krewes in Thibodaux also announced changes on Friday for their Sunday parades. Ambrosia completely canceled its parade for 2025 while Shaka rescheduled for Tuesday, March 4. Want to avoid the weather entirely and watch parades from home? Here's the schedule and links to the NOLA.com Parade Cam livestream.

Fans and Carnival goers enjoy the 2025 Mardi Gras Parade at the McCall Winter Carnival. "This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia."

According to Carnival historian and Mardi Gras Guide founder Arthur Hardy, the city’s first organized parading organization, the Mistick Krewe of Comus, was also the first to have one of its parades featured in a printed bulletin.

Live music, fresh crawfish, and other food vendors lined city hall lawn as people came out to celebrate Fat Tuesday early.

Photo courtesy of New Orleans & Company Carnival is celebrated all over the world, but there’s nothing quite like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The Carnival celebrations here draw well over a million visitors each year,