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Here's how to enjoy a vegan Mardi Gras

Salon's Kelly McClure shares her favorite recipes and go-to vegan hot spots around the city of New Orleans

Salon

Out of the boardrooms and into the streets: is the Sydney Mardi Gras putting corporations before protest?

Despite the 1978 protest setting the scene for the evolution of Australian gay rights and one of the biggest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, some hold concerns corporates are edging out the activism that once lay at the heart of Mardi Gras

The Guardian - AU

'I'm over the moon': Coles Gungahlin manager represents the company in Mardi Gras parade

He's hoping to get a spot at the front of the Coles float, which will have the theme Everyone is welcome at our table.

The Canberra Times

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I Hope U Like To Party Bc Uber Is Running A Free Party Bus This Mardi Gras Ft. The Fkn Vengaboys

A Sydney city disco!!!

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'I'll be the first PM to march in Mardi Gras': Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will join the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras with Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

AAP

Joyous parades and parties kick off New Orleans' Mardi Gras

The lead up to New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras celebration intensifies Friday with events big and small

The Independent UK

A-Leagues to launch inaugural Pride Celebration round to coincide with Mardi Gras and 2023 Sydney World Pride

Following the success of the 2022 Pride Cup, the APL will introduce a league-wide initiative to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and combat homophobia.

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LGBT communities safer thanks to change championed over decades by marchers in first Mardi Gras

Ray Goodlass and Denise McGrath marched in Australia's first Mardi Gras in 1978, and decades later are still making a difference for their communities.

ABC News

Leaving COVID behind, Belgian carnival town goes mad again

After a COVID-imposed hiatus, artisans are again crafting elaborate costumes and floats for the famed Carnival in the Belgian town of Binche

The Independent UK

Alton Towers re-opening date 2023 confirmed plus full events programme for theme park

The line-up looks pretty impressive

Nottingham Post

News Breakfast's Nate Byrne on hosting ABC's Mardi Gras coverage, calling out homophobia and why he finds weather endlessly fascinating

News Breakfast's Nate Byrne opens up about his naval career, the challenge of predicting the weather and fighting homophobia.

ABC News

Carnival fever in the French city of Dunkirk

In the northern French city of Dunkirk, thousands of people look forward to carnival season every year. As Mardi Gras approaches, the carnival transforms the city: the Black Cat Ball, fancy dressing and herring throwing from the town hall balcony are all part of the two-month-long festivities. The tradition dates…

France 24

Spreading the joy: Longer parade routes OKd for Mardi Gras

COVID-19 precautions wiped out most New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities in 2021, and a shortage of police officers forced the city to shorten routes for some of its lavish seasonal parades in 2022

The Independent UK

Belgian costume maker hopes for carnival boom after COVID 'black hole'

Huge ostrich feather headpieces are one of the costumes made by the Kersten family for Belgium's celebrated Mardi Gras carnival, and after the event was cancelled due to COVID in recent years, the 120-year-old family business is hoping for a revival.

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Actor Adam Devine to reign as Bacchus LIV at 2023 Mardi Gras

One of Mardi Gras’ signature carnival krewes will be led this year by actor and comedian Adam Devine

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Street artist designs label for Southern Comfort

Liverpool street artist John Culshaw designed the label for the limited edition bottles of Southern Comfort for the UK market

Evening Standard

Mardi Gras 2024: When is it celebrated and why?

In French, Mardi Gras means ‘Fat Tuesday’.

Los Angeles Times

Mel Gibson dropped from Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans after ‘threats’

Mel Gibson has been dropped from a Mardi Gras parade’s lineup in New Orleans after organizers said they’d received “threats” and cited safety concerns.

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The Independent UK

Mel Gibson pulled as Grand Marshal of Mardi Gras parade after backlash and ‘threats’

Gibson is one of Hollywood’s most controversial stars

The Independent UK

Crime worries underpin celebration as Carnival season begins

New Orleans is kicking off its annual Carnival season

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An Oral History Of Sydney’s Gay Lesbian Mardi Gras, From 3 Generations Of Queer Folk

"It's a place where no matter who I am, who I love, what I wear or what I look like, I fit in."

Tribune News Service

How to plan a year of wild human experiences, from Rio's Carnival to Nevada's Burning Man

The year 2022 will be remembered as the first time we traveled farther and more freely since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ventured across the Atlantic in larger numbers. We braved airport chaos to visit dream destinations, to explore favorite hideouts anew and to see the people we’d…

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Here’s Your Easy Breezy Five Step Guide To Navigating Sydney WorldPride By Me, A Known Gay

Step 1: invest in good shoes.

Tribune News Service

Myscha Theriault: New Orleans offers high-value holiday delights

NEW ORLEANS — While most people know this Louisiana city for its food, jazz and Mardi Gras, many travelers are unaware of just how spectacular a job New Orleans does putting their own spin on the winter holidays. With amazing food, abundant atmosphere and plenty of free and inexpensive options…

The Guardian - AU

Sydney WorldPride: the 20 balls, parties, parades and more you can’t miss in 2023

Heading to Sydney for WorldPride next year but don’t know where to start? Here’s what to see at the LGBTQ+ extravaganza’s first outing in the southern hemisphere

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