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Mardi Gras season is here in Louisiana, and you can feel the excitement in most communities. However, one small south Louisiana town will not have a parade in 2025. Smaller communities count on Mardi Gras when it comes to bringing revenue to their town or village, but a small town will not be so fortunate this year due to the increase in crime The weather is quite nasty across much of Louisiana today, and as a result, many Mardi Gras parades have been scratched across the state. In the Acadiana area, organizers of the Krewe of Ezana Mardi Gras parade in Jeanerette have decided to cancel their festivities today. Unfortunately, the parade won't be rescheduled. A traditional Mardi Gras parade in south Louisiana has been canceled. We're in Carnival season and many communities are excited about their upcoming Mardi Gras parades, but one small community will be without this year. It has been announced that Loreauville’s only Mardi Gras parade has been called off this year. Mardi Gras 2025 in New Orleans: a preview of all parades, with dates and maps The 2025 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 4. Email Two more Louisiana parades have announced a change of plans due to stormy weather forecasts. Will it rain on your parade? The NWS has a new site for Mardi Gras weather forecasts. The krewes of BALDWIN, La. — The 2025 Carnival season will be a little less festive in St. Mary Parish, after Baldwin officials have announced its Mardi Gras parade, scheduled for March 1, has been canceled. Parades in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish have canceled their 2024 Mardi Gras. WWL Louisiana's digital team has put together a list of canceled parades. krewedelusion parade JEANERETTE, La. — The Jeanerette Krewe of Ezana Mardi Gras parade has officially been called off, with no plans of being rescheduled.Sunday morning, Jeanerette police announced on their Facebook Mardi Gras 2024 in New Orleans: a preview of all parades, with dates and maps The 2024 New Orleans Carnival season starts on Saturday, Jan. 6, and concludes on Mardi Gras, Tuesday Feb. 13. Email Baldwin Police Chief Anthony Gibson tells KQKI News that due to recent shootings in the town and ongoing road construction on Highway 90 in the Baldwin area, they have decided to cancel the town's 2025 Mardi Gras parade. The Baldwin Police Department responded to two shootings in the last week, including one on Tuesday night Canceled Mardi Gras' Over the Years [The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.160_o2] Since its inception in 1857, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been cancelled or massively scaled back 13 other times. Since its inception in 1857 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been canceled or massively scaled back 14 other times, according to the Historic New Orleans Collection Mardi Gras is synonymous with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The parades have been canceled only 13 times in NOLA since 1857. BALDWIN, La. — The 2025 Carnival season will be a little less festive in St. Mary Parish, after Baldwin officials have announced its Mardi Gras parade, scheduled for March 1, has been canceled. BATON ROUGE — Carnival is longer than usual this year, running eight weeks and two days. By tradition, king cake sales begin on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and run through Mardi Gras, which is March 4 One Southeastern Louisiana Mardi Gras parade canceled, another rescheduled due to weather. Two more Louisiana parades have announced a change of plans due to stormy weather forecasts. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Mardi Gras Season lasts from Jan. 6 to Mardi Gras Day – March 4, 2025, featuring feasting and fun, parades, and king cakes! Natchitoches offers a family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration, with plenty of shopping and dining to make the trip fun for everyone. Natchitoches Parades. Krewe of Excellence Parade – Jan. 6 at 2pm (Piper Hutchinson/Louisiana Illuminator) But despite the record-breaking snow across South Louisiana, the party is still going on. Stragglers who managed to make it to the nation’s capital for the 75th annual Washington Mardi Gras were met with conditions not unlike those they left back home — too cold for most Louisianians’ comfort. While about a third of all Mardi Gras events typically see rainfall, locals don't recall a single instance of Fat Tuesday being postponed or canceled due to weather. Climatological data shows that the rainiest Mardi Gras day occurred on March 1, 1927, when 2.12 inches of precipitation fell, and nearly a third of events experienced some rainfall.
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