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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) “My dad said, ‘We are asking you to be our 2025 The 2025 Queen of Carnival is excited to set off a new Rex tradition It's a great way to close out the Mardi Gras season."She and her father also share a love and bond for the great outdoors Get to know her majesty, 2025’s Queen of Carnival! Mardi Gras 2025 / 13 seconds ago. Introducing 2025’s royal majesty, the King of Carnival Mardi Gras 2025 / 3 seconds ago. Mardi Gras Zulu King and Queen 2025: Celebrating Over 100 Years of Tradition. Rodney Mason, continues the legacy as KING ZULU 2025 with his wife, QUEEN ZULU 2025 Kristen Bonds Mason, by his side. The 2025 Queen of the Mardi Gras is Desiree Archambault. She is being crowned by 2024 Queen Lauren Fagnant. This year’s 30th Mardi Gras Ball will take place on Saturday, March 1 at St. Ann Arts A “cultural revolution on wheels.” That's how the Krewe of ALLA describes its Mardi Gras parade this year. Named in honor of Algiers, La., the 93-year-old New Orleans krewe rolls through Queen Evangeline LXXXVI, Bella Elisabeth Cortez, will reign over the 2025 Mardi Gras festivities in Lafayette. She is the daughter of Glenn David Cortez and the former Elisabeth Ransome Kraft. When is Mardi Gras 2025? This year, Mardi Gras, which translates from French to "Fat Tuesday," is on March 4. Ash Wednesday is on March 5, the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 as it happened: Thousands line Oxford Street to celebrate city’s LGBTQ community By Megan Gorrey , Nick Newling and Lucy Macken Updated March 1, 2025 — 11.17pm first NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — For the first time in over 90 years, the Krewe of Alla has selected its first Black king and queen. The crowned royals of the 2025 parade are Gian Durand and James Carter Algiers Mardi Gras Parade and Festival. The Algiers Mardi Gras Parade and Festival will be back on Saturday, February 1 at New Orleans Federal City in Algiers. Entertainment will include Brass-A-Holics, Amanda Shaw, The U.S. Marine Reserve Jazz Band and more. The parade starts at 9 a.m. and the Festival begins at 10 a.m. Mobile, Alabama is the mother of mystics, the original birthplace of Mardi Gras as we know it! Each year, the city and its surrounding communities come together for weeks of parades, masked balls, MoonPies and merry-making leading up to Fat Tuesday, a season that is collectively known as Mardi Gras. Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) “My dad said, ‘We are asking you to be our 2025 Queen of the 78th Presentation of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association “This year is extra special because King Elexis, Alan Lang, and I have a common thread. Our grandfathers (who both passed away last year) were best friends. our grandmothers were overjoyed to learn we would be monarchs together. Mistretta’s 2025 poster is entitled “Super Mardi Gras.” Each signed and numbered limited edition poster is hand-painted in gold. The artist’s posters have been printed in New Orleans for many years. Desiree has decided to run for 2025 Mardi Gras Queen once again as the 30th year is celebrated. She wants to help one more time before she moves on to the next new chapter of her life and it would be an honor once again to represent her community, NRICA, her family and Chelos while raising funds for Scholarships and the Arts as the 30th Mardi KENNER, La. (WGNO) — In typical Zulu fashion, the 2025 Queen Zulu-Select arrived at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Sunday, Feb. 2. The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club Algiers Mardi Gras Parade and Festival. The Algiers Mardi Gras Parade and Festival will be back on Saturday, February 1 at New Orleans Federal City in Algiers. Entertainment will include Brass-A-Holics, Amanda Shaw, The U.S. Marine Reserve Jazz Band and more. The parade starts at 9 a.m. and the Festival begins at 10 a.m. Jan. 6, known as Twelfth Night or Epiphany, officially begins the 2025 carnival season with the announcement of the new royals, the Queen and King of Asheville Mardi Gras. The Twelfth Night party will be from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 6 at Scandals Nightclub downtown, 11 Grove St. Admission is $25 for those adding or renewing an annual membership and $10 Gian Durand dedicated her ride to New Orleans activist Dorothy Mae-Taylor, who helped diversify Mardi Gras parades. Gian Durand now reigns as the first Black queen of New Orleans’ ALLA parade
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