The parade is followed by the Absinthe Ball at the Fillmore. Its theme is Candy Hearts Run Free. There’s entertainment by the demonic ABBA cover band BAAB, plus aerialists, circus arts performers. The ball is open to the public, and the doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $82 via fillmorenola.com .

When it comes to Super Bowl parades, we don't usually see one until a team actually wins the game, but in New Orleans, they do things differently and that's a big reason why the city decided to hold a parade the day BEFORE the Super Bowl.

Mardi Gras floats with bead-tossing revelers cruised through New Orleans on Saturday as the city celebrated its record-tying 11th Super Bowl hosting gig with a stout security presence after a New Year's Day attack.

A New Year’s Day terrorist attack killed 14 people, rattled the city and prompted government officials to enhance the security precautions for the upcoming events.

Football fans in New Orleans were treated to a first of its kind Super Bowl Mardi Gras parade Shortsighted actions can have big-time consequences for retired workers. Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney dies after suffering a brain injury in last Saturday's defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast.

Never a city short on color, New Orleans has been looking positively brightly adorned in recent days, as the city undergoes its makeover for Super Bowl LIX.