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The best opportunities to celebrate Mardi Gras in the D.C. area
Feasting on freshly baked king cake. Slurping down hurricanes ... keeps jumping all day with live music from Zachary Smith and the Mardi Gras Kings, followed by Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco ...
When is Mardi Gras? Why Fat Tuesday is celebrated, the origins of the holiday
The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.