• Introduction
• Barbados Jazz Festival
• Buenos Aires Tango Festival
• Carnaval
• Carnevale
• Las Fallas
• Mardi Gras
• Polar Bear Jumpoff and Ugly Fish Toss
• Sundance Film Festival
• Winterlude
• Winter Music Conference

Help New Orleans get back on its feet by living it up at Mardi Gras (this January 19–February 5, 2008). Don some beaded necklaces (exactly how you acquire this accessory is up to you) and hit the party of all parties in the French Quarter, where colorful parades with enormous floats full of bead-tossing mascots in crazy costumes – and all that jazz (literally) – are just part of the draw. Though its reputation brings to mind shirtless debauchery (which is likely found on Bourbon Street), locals celebrate – fully clothed – along parade routes near Charles Avenue and in uptown bars. Regardless of where you party, the celebratory spirit is palpable throughout the city.

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