TONIGHT! celebrate Mardi Gras in the Fort with WHN

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:50 am

Come hear all your Cajun favorites as played by White Hot Noise - Dr. John, The Meters, Little Feat and more!

Come in costume! Get your Mardi Gras beads!

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:48 pm

just in case you were wondering...

from www.nola.com

Carnival, which is Latin for "kiss your flesh goodbye," is a long season between Christmas and Lent. This historically Roman Catholic city, which loves its food and drink more than normal, prepares for the pre-Easter Lenten season by partying up until the last minute. Carnival officially begins in New Orleans on the Feast of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night - Jan. 6 - and continues until the midnight of Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The date for Ash Wednesday, of course, changes from year to year depending on the date of Easter. The Carnival season builds slowly, from the drunken streetcar-jacking parade of the Phunny Phorty Phellows on Jan. 6 until Mardi Gras Day. The intervening weeks are filled with balls, banquets and other social activities. "Mardi Gras" (which is French for Fat Tuesday) technically applies only to the day before Ash Wednesday. But "Mardi Gras" is also commonly used to refer to the whole Carnival season, especially the final frenzied two weeks when the most parades occur. A condescending traditionalist may make a big deal over the technicality, but locals normally refer to the entire long party as "Mardi Gras."

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:14 pm

Two more days and it's going to be completely insane inside O's. You do not want to miss this one.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:54 pm

Fleek and Anderson, this would be the perfect time to bust out those drag queen outfits.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:58 pm

In 5 hours O's is going to be completely insane. Do not miss this one. We're busting out some new tunes and even the between set music will be crazy fun. Come early, stay late, call a cab!