Jazz Studio Youth Musicians to March in Mobile’s Conde Cavaliers Parade
Young musicians from Mobile’s Jazz Studio will take to the streets Friday night, marching and playing in the Conde Cavaliers parade as part of an ongoing effort to keep one…
A Mardi Gras Season for the Ages: Packed Parades, Fake Prichard Water Board Cards and a City Cleanup to Remember
Mobile's Carnival season returned in full force this year, drawing packed crowds back downtown and giving parade satirists fresh material in the Prichard Water Board spending scandal.
Mobile Mardi Gras Crowds Top 200,000 Again as Parade Season Builds Toward Fat Tuesday
Mobile Police estimate more than 200,000 people attended Mardi Gras parades during the second week of Carnival, pushing the season total past 340,000 as the city heads into its final…
How Mobile’s Viral ‘Crichton Leprechaun’ Clip Spawned a Whole Line of Local Products
Fourteen years after a goofy Crichton traffic story went viral, the Crichton Leprechaun's amateur sketch now shows up on beer labels, T-shirts, cookies and door hangers across Mobile — and…
Anderson Cooper’s Mobile visit for 60 Minutes Clotilda piece stirs Mardi Gras buzz
CNN's Anderson Cooper made the rounds in Mobile while filming a "60 Minutes" segment on the Clotilda, adding a celebrity spark to a Mardi Gras season that also brought a…
Fairhope Brewing Marks Sixth Year of ‘Mardi Gras in July’ with Free Concert Lineup
Fairhope Brewing Company will host its sixth annual free "Mardi Gras in July" concert on Saturday, July 20, featuring Blow House Brass Band, Little Raine Band and Tom Petty tribute…
Mobile and Baldwin Counties Ride Record Wave of Alabama Tourism Growth
Alabama's tourism industry had its best year since before the 2010 oil spill in 2017, with Mobile County visitor spending topping $1.2 billion and Baldwin County drawing an estimated $4.4…
Midtown Mobile Residents Push Back on Car Wash and Float Barn Rezoning Ahead of Planning Commission Vote
Residents in two midtown Mobile neighborhoods are opposing rezoning requests for a car wash near Sage Avenue and Dauphin Street and a Mardi Gras float barn near Old Dauphin Way,…
Mardi Gras Week Brings a McConaughey Sighting, Pub Crawls and an Out-of-This-World Osiris Ball
Downtown Mobile's Mardi Gras season brought a Matthew McConaughey sighting on Royal Street, a space-themed Order of Osiris ball, and the Joe Cain Marching Society's costumed pub crawl through the…
Mobile Mardi Gras Group Order of Isis Shortens Name Amid Terror Confusion
A Mobile Mardi Gras group is dropping its full name for parade season after members faced public confusion with an unrelated militant group overseas.