That’s a wrap for Carnival for 2026. The parades are over, the floats are back in storage, and the remaining stock of king cakes are on sale at bargain basement prices. This was the first Carnival season in New Orleans for the city’s new archbishop, James Checchio. He says he was impressed with all the traditions.
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With the end of Carnival comes the start of Lent. Over the next 40 days, Catholics will abstain from eating meat on Fridays. But since the Catholic Church says eating seafood is okay, demand for it increases during Lent. Harlon Pearce of Harlan’s LA Fish in Kenner says the wild catfish caught in Louisiana is amazing.
Pearce says crabs are expensive right now and there is shrimp available, but the supply of shrimp does not pick up until April and May.
One of the greatest athletes to ever play at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette has passed away. Jeff Palermo has more on the loss of Bo Lamar, who was 74.
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The son of reggae legend Bob Marley is announced as one of the headliners of this year’s Festival Internationale de Louisiane in Lafayette. Stephen Marley will represent Jamaica, and he’ll be joined in April by, among others, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Rhiannon Giddens and Cimafunk.