Multiple people, including a 6-year-old child, were injured when shots rang out during a Mardi Gras parade today in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish #news #clinton More in link in comments. | Unfiltered With Kiran

Mardi Gras parade nights are just the best. The music, the floats, the kids scrambling for beads, everybody posted up in lawn chairs like it’s a major sporting event. It’s loud, it’s colorful, and it’s such a Coast tradition. You can always tell how much work the krewes put into it — those floats don’t build themselves. So I’ve gotta ask… what krewe are y’all in? 👑 Or are you just there for the beads and the king cake? | Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area

The 5th annual Mardi Gras parade in San Francisco was quite a colorful affair. "It's fun, it's loosey-goosey, and everybody's here to have fun and dance on the street!" | SFGATE

WHAT A SHIP! Watch this great new video just released by Carnival Cruise Line - today they unveiled several exciting new food and beverage concepts aboard its highly anticipated Mardi Gras, set to debut in 2020, along with further details on the extensive offerings available within the ship’s Lido and Summer Landing zones. The new, only-on-Mardi Gras dining and bar spots in the two themed zones include Street Eats, RedFrog Tiki Bar and The Watering Hole, among many other popular branded outlets