WXPN is bringing the excitement of Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras to Philadelphia this month, as part of their year-long project exploring Haiti's influence on New Orleans. “Kanaval Ball will bring ...

You didn’t have to draw it out of anyone. It’s an accepted part of reality.’ Teeming with sensorial details, humour and pain, Kanaval is an ode to the troupes, punters, flaneurs and meanderers who ...

Unless you're counting one-offs like the David Bowie second line in New Orleans, Arcade Fire haven't played any proper headlining shows since an August 2014 gig in their Montreal hometown. But as of ...

The Krewe du Kanaval, an organization that celebrates the cultural ties between New Orleans and Haiti, will host a gathering for Gede at The Broadside, 600 North Broad St., on Saturday, October 23, ...

It's Mardi Gras season and in North America, no celebration is more famous than the one put on by the people of New Orleans. For two weeks, local groups called Krewes organize balls, parades and dance ...

Much of what distinguishes New Orleans today from other American cities can be traced back to French and African influences from Haiti. The cultural ties go back more than 200 years, when 10,000 free ...

There had been a big rainstorm the night before Michael Magers’ first Kanaval. The annual February festivities are a long-held tradition in Jacmel, an artisan community in Haiti famous for elevating ...

For the first time, in 2020 Arcade Fire will headline the Kanaval Ball, the culmination of the hybrid New Orleans/Haitian Carnival celebration co-founded by two band members and Preservation Hall’s ...

Last February, just before Fat Tuesday brought the Mardi Gras celebrations to a fever pitch, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band suited up in bubblegum pink jackets and hit the streets of the French… By ...