We came toting clarinets and trombones, banjos and trumpets, a snare drum, a saxophone and a glockenspiel — determined to blare out Sousa marches for the absent audience of a canceled parade. As proud ...

As downtown Pensacola businesses prepare for Reimagine Palafox, Pensacola Mardi Gras has found a way to draw people to ...

SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France – Newly graduated St. Augustine High School Marching 100 snare drummer Brandon Mitchell also keeps the beat for the 110 Brass Band. He knows a thing or two about authentic ...

Bilal Mustafa said he already knows what second-line parades are. Having spent his childhood in Uptown New Orleans, he’s seen plenty of funeral processions plying the streets, heading to and from ...

During New Orleans’ festival season, people say, “Laissez les bons temps rouler” — or “Let the good times roll.” And, sure enough, Mardi Gras, and the carnival that leads up to it, is a big rolling ...