(WGNO) — Carnival season is underway in the Greater New Orleans area, which means Jefferson Parish is gearing up for Family Gras ... Mall in Metairie at Mardi Gras Plaza, the Jefferson Parish ...

(WGNO) — As carnival ... and photos. Family Gras is a free three-day festival filled with music and food and happens across the street from Lakeside Mall in Metairie at Mardi Gras Plaza.

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Johnson explained its origins in a 1985 Times-Picayune interview. He said his friend Frank Miller helped inspire him. “He gave me the lines about the Green Room and the Plaza. They were bars near the ...

including where to find family fun events. Some people call it Mardi Gras season, but Carnival starts consistently on Epiphany (Jan. 6). The length of the season, however, changes every year.