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You could feel the carnival fever all over Biloxi on Fat Tuesday when the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Parade rolled ...

A float rider throws a hula hoop to the crowd during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on ...

Everywhere else it’s just Tuesday, but right now there are three big parties going on in three South Mississippi Cities. WXXV News 25’s Lucas Warren is near the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s ...

The travelers on the Carnival Jubilee were treated to some onboard entertainment when the "Knota Lady" attempted to throw ...

The krewe previously announced a change to the route after weather previously postponed the parade. Organizers said they will ...

The heart of Mardi Gras comes alive as the Gulf Coast Carnival Association crowns its royal duo: King D’Iberville and Queen ...

Jeff O’Keefe, who was King D’Iberville in 2000, is celebrating his 25th anniversary of ruling carnival on the Coast. As a token of his affection to the craft, he hung up a sign in the GCCA Float Den ...

Interested in venturing out of Louisiana for Mardi Gras? Some of the biggest parades of the season are happening on Fat ...

Biloxi Police will have all hands-on deck for the upcoming Mardi Gras parades. Krewe of Neptune rolls Saturday and the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Parade hits the streets on Fat Tuesday. Other law ...

Mardi Gras is coming early next year. This year’s Carnival season lasts 58 days, from 12th Night on Jan. 6 to Mardi Gras on March 4. But next year, Mardi Gras falls on Feb. 17. That means celebrations ...

So my instinct was to sympathize with those who bristled at President Trump’s gratuitous executive order renaming “the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.” ...