Mardi Gras Parades

Mother Nature will once again play a part in Louisiana's Mardi Gras celebrations this weekend. Several changes have already been announced .

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants to make sure that the only thing you'll catch in the Big Easy during Mardi Gras are beads.

What's Mardi Gras without a Queen to lead the festivities and the parades.  Well today at the Lake Charles Civic Center they will be holding the pageant's to crown a 2013 Miss Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana.  Here are the details.

It's Mardi Gras time in Louisiana and I went searching for videos that have to do with Mardi Gras and I found this cool video.  This video is depicts different Mardi Gras scenes and set to the popular song "Going to The Mardi Gras".

It's Mardi Gras time and I found a video that I thought was interesting really interesting explaining how Mardi Gras first started and how it has evolved.

Can you believe that Mardi Gras day is almost here? Well it is and this weekend is when most of the events and parades will be happening! Here is a list of all the Mardi Gras events and parades going on this weekend in Southwest Louisiana.

So the holidays have come and gone and now it's time for another major holiday for Louisiana.  Mardi Gras is coming and it's an early one this year! Mardi Gras this year is on February 21st and it kicks off with the 12th night celebration this Friday night January 6th, 2012 at the Lake Charles Civic Center!