That's exactly what Sidney Crosby and Co. did on Tuesday to celebrate the latest edition of Mardi Gras: Look at those suspenders, those hats, and even the few guys wearing some beads!

A Mardi Gras overlay has returned to a CityWalk venue, transforming the Red Coconut Club into the Cursed Coconut Club for the season. 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Universal’s Mardi Gras ...

Footage from the USA TODAY's livestream shows a vibrant and cheering crowd in New Orleans catching beads from the floats. These photos capture the essence of the 2025 Mardi Gras celebration.

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more calls to ditch them altogether.

New Orleans and Mobile dispute where Mardi Gras was birthed, but both Gulf Coast cities struggle with the same plastic waste. How can they design a greener carnival?

Before Lent begins, Louisiana’s Catholic communities celebrate Mardi Gras the old-fashioned way — with prayer, music and a feast shared by all.

Photos: A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the years Each year, more than a million visitors travel to New Orleans to partake in the city's world-famous Carnival celebrations.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with ...

Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives? It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans – and a mess.