Mardi Gras has been a part of the Galveston, Texas story, bringing the island to life with parades, elaborate costumes, and vibrant celebrations. This month, Mardi Gras! Galveston continues that ...

The Krew of Thalasar, Galveston’s only nautical Mardi Gras Krewe comprised of members of the maritime industry, honored the ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is traditionally a day of excess before Ash Wednesday. In the Catholic Church, that's the start of Lent, a period of fasting and abstinence before Easter. It's kind of like ...

Look what the cat dragged in to headline Mardi Gras! Galveston 2025 ... the Austin hard rockers best known for Headbanger's Ball hits "Teas'n, Pleas'n" and "Scared." Headlining Friday, Feb ...

or even Galveston, but to Mobile, Alabama, where French settlers began letting the good times roll in 1703. Opening Friday in the museum’s library, Mardi Gras Origins gathers some of the masks, ...

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