NEW ORLEANS (WKOW) -- Tuesday is the culmination of Mardi Gras with Fat Tuesday. New Orleans is in full party mode. Several parades and parties are being celebrated throughout the area and indeed throughout the United States.
In New Orleans, Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper will usher in Mardi Gras with musical performances. They'll perform following the Orpheus parade. The parade club was founded in 1993 by New Orleans native actor and crooner Harry Connick Jr.
Clarinetist Pete Fountain will be leading his marching band from the city's Garden District to the French Quarter.
Lent follows Fat Tuesday. It is the period of fasting and repentance before Easter Sunday.
