(Lafayette, Louisiana) – Mardi Gras 2026 is in the books, and we all saw the good, the bad, and the ugly this year.
Like so many of you, I too saw just how ugly some can be for Mardi Gras. I don’t have the data to prove this, but this year, I saw more fights from parades surface on social media platforms than I have in years.
Often, families attend parades for fun, and sadly, some go to events like Mardi Gras parades to look for trouble or to start it. Well, we’ll put that negativity to rest, and hope to see less of that type of behavior in 2027, and we’ll focus on a great thing I witnessed at the parades in Lafayette…