If Brad Pitt populates your party until 1 a.m., it’s probably going well. Six nights after his big Academy Awards win, Pitt turned up at the far less formal, far more lively Krewe du Kanaval ...

Krewe Du Kanaval will return for its fourth year, February 9-12, celebrating the cultural connection shared by New Orleans and Haiti. This year’s “bal” honors the Warrior Women of Ayiti and ...

Growing up in Houston, future Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler wasn’t impressed by his admittedly erroneous concept of Carnival. “It never occurred to me to go to Mardi Gras,” Butler recalled recently.

A week before Mardi Gras, members of Arcade Fire and Preservation Hall will lead a new walking parade from the French Quarter to Congo Square. Pres Hall and Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Regine ...