Tune in on Sunday, March 29 as we video stream live from Congo Square Rhythms Festival, 10:45am-7:30pm! Watch live on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Full details on this free festival, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation annually at Armstrong Park... Read more

Tune in on Saturday, March 28 as we video stream live from Congo Square Rhythms Festival, 11:45am-7:30pm! Watch live on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Full details on this free festival, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation annually at Armstrong Pa... Read more

Experience the spirit of Mardi Gras in the back streets with these events happening Mardi Gras morning! Northside Skull & Bone Gang will start at 5am Mardi Gras morning at 2500 Bayou Road at The Church of "I Am That I Am," also known as the King and Queen Emporium Internat... Read more

The Black Masking Indians are sewing and practicing in these weeks leading up to Mardi Gras! This was the scene at Unified Indian Practice for Big Chief Victor Harris's 75th birthday at Little People's Place in Treme on January 11, 2026. In 2024, Harris retired after 59 yea... Read more

Big Chief Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots joined us live on the New Orleans Music Show to celebrate the start of Carnival 2026 on January 6! Check out their performance below. Read more

Various clubs will be leading second line parades at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. Mardi Gras Indians, Baby Dolls, and many brass bands will also be present, performing onstage and parading throughout the Fair Grounds! Check out the lineu... Read more

Various clubs will be leading second line parades at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. Mardi Gras Indians, Baby Dolls, and many brass bands will also be present, performing onstage and parading throughout the Fair Grounds! Check out the lineu... Read more

At sunset on March 19, the Black Masking Indians of New Orleans don their elaborate suits of beads and feathers in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans and play out ritual confrontations with song and dance. Below is video from St. Joseph's Night 2024 as the 9th Ward Hunter... Read more

There are three Super Sunday Mardi Gras celebrations that happen each year. Super Sunday is an annual gathering of Mardi Gras Indian Tribes celebrating their heritage and culture in a magnificent display of hand-sewn suits, singing, dancing and chanting. The festival is fre... Read more

Black Masking Indians and other community members gather in honor of Big Chief Tootie Montana, the "Chief of Chiefs," in front of his statue in Congo Square/Louis Armstrong Park. Read more